pipe

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[paɪp]
n
a long tube of metal, plastic, etc, used to convey water, oil, gas, etc
a long tube or case
an object made in any of various shapes and sizes, consisting of a small bowl with an attached tubular stem, in which tobacco or other substances are smoked.(as modifier)
Also called: pipeful the amount of tobacco that fills the bowl of a pipe
any of various hollow organs, such as the respiratory passage of certain animals
any musical instrument whose sound production results from the vibration of an air column in a simple tube.any of the tubular devices on an organ, in which air is made to vibrate either directly, as in a flue pipe, or by means of a reed
an obsolete three-holed wind instrument, held in the left hand while played and accompanied by the taborSee tabor
a shrill voice or sound, as of a bird
a boatswain's pipe.the sound it makes
the respiratory tract or vocal cords
a conical hole in the head of an ingot, made by escaping gas as the metal cools
a cylindrical vein of rich ore, such as one of the vertical diamond-bearing veins at Kimberley, South Africa
Also called: volcanic pipe a vertical cylindrical passage in a volcano through which molten lava is forced during eruption
something easy to do, esp a simple course in college
vb
to play (music) on a pipe
to summon or lead by a pipe
to pipe the dancers
to utter (something) shrilly
to signal orders to (the crew) by a boatswain's pipe.to signal the arrival or departure of
to convey (water, gas, etc) by a pipe or pipes
to provide with pipes
to trim (an article, esp of clothing) with piping
to force (cream, icing, etc) through a shaped nozzle to decorate food
See pipe down See pipe up