PIPE
\pˈa͡ɪp], \pˈaɪp], \p_ˈaɪ_p]\
Definitions of PIPE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the flues and stops on a pipe organ
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a tubular wind instrument
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utter a shrill cry
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play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"
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trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"
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transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert"
By Princeton University
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the flues and stops on a pipe organ
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a tubular wind instrument
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utter a shrill cry
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trim with piping, as of garments
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play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ.
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Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.
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A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions.
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The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.
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The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.
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An elongated body or vein of ore.
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A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it.
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A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains.
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To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.
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To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain.
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To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
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To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.
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To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.
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To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.
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A small bowl with a hollow steam, - used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.
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A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; - so called because put together like a pipe.
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To become hollow in the process of solodifying; - said of an ingot, as of steel.
By Oddity Software
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A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe of an organ.
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Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.
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A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions.
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The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird.
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The bagpipe; as, the pipes of Lucknow.
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An elongated body or vein of ore.
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A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it.
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A cask usually containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains.
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To play on a pipe, fife, flute, or other tubular wind instrument of music.
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To call, convey orders, etc., by means of signals on a pipe or whistle carried by a boatswain.
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To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
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To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe.
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To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle.
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To furnish or equip with pipes; as, to pipe an engine, or a building.
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A small bowl with a hollow steam, - used in smoking tobacco, and, sometimes, other substances.
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A roll formerly used in the English exchequer, otherwise called the Great Roll, on which were taken down the accounts of debts to the king; - so called because put together like a pipe.
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To become hollow in the process of solodifying; - said of an ingot, as of steel.
By Noah Webster.
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Any long hollow tube; as, iron pipe; a tube of clay, wood, etc., with a bowl at one end for smoking tobacco; as much tobacco as the bowl will hold; a wine measure equal to two hogsheads, or 105 imperial gallons, or 126 wine-gallons; a high-pitched voice; as, the pipe of a child; the note or call of a bird or insect; a musical wind-instrument consisting of a hollow tube, as a flute.
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To play on a musical wind-instrument; as, to pipe a tune; to utter in a high key; as, to pipe a song; to furnish with pipes, or tubes, as to pipe a house for water; to carry through a tube; as, to pipe water into a city.
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To play on the musical instrument called a pipe; to utter a shrill sound; to whistle.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Piper.
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A musical wind instrument consisting of a long tube: any long tube: a tube of clay, etc., with a bowl at one end for smoking tobacco: a cask containing two hhds.
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To play upon a pipe: to whistle.
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To play on a pipe: to call with a pipe, as on board ships.
By Daniel Lyons
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Piper.
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To play on or as on a pipe; speak or sing in a high key; whistle.
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To convey in pipes.
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A small bowl with a hollow stem, for smoking.
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A tube, as for conveying fluids; a tubular wind instrument; in the plural, the bagpipe. See illus.
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A large cask for wine.
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Piping.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A musical wind instrument; a long tube; a clay tube with a bowl at the end for smoking; the sound of the voice; a roll in the exchequer; a cask, usually containing 126 gallons.
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To play on a pipe; to utter sharply; to call with a pipe.
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To play on a pipe; to whistle.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A large cask generally capable of containing two hhds.
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A thin hollow cylinder; a tube; a long tube or cylinder for conveying water, gas, steam, &c.; a wind musical instrument consisting of a pipe or tube of wood or metal; the key or pitch of the voice; a tube of clay or wood, &c., of the diameter of a goose-quill, with a turned-up open head, for smoking tobacco; the roll of creditors in the Exchequer.
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To play on a pipe; to send forth a shrill sound; to call by means of a pipe or whistle, as in a ship.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic] A wind instrument of music, consisting of a long tube of wood or metal;—any long tube or hollow body;—a tube of clay with a bowl at one end, used in smoking tobacco;—a cask, usually containing 126 gallons, used for wine; or the quantity which it contains;—organ of respiration or vocal utterance;—sound or pitch of the voice;—also, vocal power.
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