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pipe
Found in thesaurus: tube, shepherd's pipe, treble recorder, wind, yell, call, holler, shout, transport, embellish, decorate, adorn
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pipe
v.
convey a fluid through pipes, transport a liquid through pipes; make a high-pitched sound, make a shrill sound
n.
tube; tube used for smoking tobacco; windpipe, trachea; flute; whistle; whistling sound, toot; character which instructs an operating system to direct output of one program to the input of another program (Computers)
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PIPE
Pipe
Pipe may refer to:
- Pipe (fluid conveyance), a hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules
- Piping, the use of pipes in industry
- Smoking pipe
- Pipe (unit) or butt, a cask measurement
- Pipe (casting), a type of metal casting defect
- PIPES, a common buffer used in chemistry and biology laboratory work
- PIPE deal or private investment in public equity
- Boatswain's pipe, an official announcement made on a ship's internal broadcast system
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pipe
Noun
1. a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
(synonym) tobacco pipe
(hypernym) tube, tubing
(hyponym) briar, briar pipe
(part-meronym) bowl, pipe bowl
2. a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
(synonym) pipage, piping
(hypernym) tube, tubing
(hyponym) chimneypot
(part-meronym) spout
3. a hollow cylindrical shape
(synonym) tube
(hypernym) cylinder
4. a tubular wind instrument
(synonym) tabor pipe
(hypernym) wind instrument, wind
(hyponym) chanter, melody pipe
5. the flues and stops on a pipe organ
(synonym) organ pipe, pipework
(hypernym) wind instrument, wind
(hyponym) flue pipe, flue, labial pipe
(part-holonym) organ, pipe organ
Verb
1. utter a shrill cry
(synonym) shriek, shrill, pipe up
(hypernym) shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
(hyponym) yowl, caterwaul
2. transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert"
(hypernym) transport
(derivation) pipage, piping
3. play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"
(hypernym) play
(see-also) pipe up
(derivation) tabor pipe
(classification) music
4. trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"
(hypernym) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(entail) sew, tailor, tailor-make
(derivation) piping
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pipe
nf.
pipe
pipé
adj.
loaded
piper
v.
load, fill; mark
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pipa
nf.
pipe, tube used for smoking tobacco
