pipe
/pīp/
noun
- a tube of metal, plastic, or other material used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances.synonyms: tube, conduit, hose, main, duct, line, channel, canal, conveyor, pipeline, drain, tubing, piping, siphon, cylinder, fistula
- a narrow tube made from wood, clay, etc., with a bowl at one end for containing burning tobacco, the smoke from which is drawn into the mouth."a smell of pipe tobacco"synonyms: tobacco pipe, briar (pipe), meerschaum, clay pipe, churchwarden, cutty, dudeen, calabash, calumet, chibouk, hookah, narghile, calean, hubble-bubble, bong, chillum
- a wind instrument consisting of a single tube with holes along its length that are covered by the fingers to produce different notes."a reed pipe"synonyms: whistle, penny whistle, flute, recorder, fife, chanter, drone, wind instrument
- a command which causes the output from one routine to be the input for another.
- a cask for wine, especially as a measure equal to two hogsheads, usually equivalent to 105 gallons (about 477 liters)."a fresh pipe of port"
verb
- convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes."water from the lakes is piped to several towns"synonyms: convey, channel, siphon, run, feed, lead, bring
- play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes."he believed he'd heard music—a tune being piped"synonyms: play on a pipe, play the pipes, tootle, whistle, flute
- (of a bird) sing in a high or shrill voice."outside at the back a curlew piped"synonyms: chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, chatter, warble, trill, peep, sing, shrill, squeal, squeak
- decorate (clothing or soft furnishings) with a thin cord covered in fabric.
- put (a decorative line or pattern) on a cake or similar dish using icing, whipped cream, etc."she had been piping cream around a flan"
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Fluid conveyance
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