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pipes
Noun
  • plural of pipe
  • A single pipe organ.
  • One's vocal capacity. figuratively
  • Biceps. figuratively
Verb
  • third-person singular simple present indicative form of pipe
pipe
Noun
  • Wind instrument. heading
    • A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10thc.] music
    • A hollow tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. [from 14thc.] music
    • The key or sound of the voice. [from 16thc.]
    • A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird. [from 18thc.]
  • Hollow conduit. heading
    • A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications. [from 10thc.]
    • A tubular passageway in the human body; the windpipe, a blood vessel. [from 14thc.]
    • An anonymous satire or essay, insulting and frequently libellous, written on a piece of paper which was rolled up and left somewhere public where it could be found and thus spread, to embarrass the author's enemies. [from 19thc.] Australia, colloquial, now historical
    • A man's penis. idiomatic, slang
  • Container. heading
    • A large container for storing liquids or foodstuffs; now especially, a vat or cask of wine or cider. [from 14thc.]
    • The contents of such a vessel, as a liquid measure; sometimes set at 126 wine gallons; half a tun. [from 14thc.]
  • Something resembling a tube. heading
    • Decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, pillows, curtains, etc.); often a contrasting color. [from 15thc.]
    • An elongated or irregular body or vein of ore. [from 17thc.] mining
    • A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magma has passed; often filled with volcanic breccia. [from 19thc.] geology
    • In computing. heading
    • A type of pasta, similar to macaroni.
    • One of the goalposts of the goal. lacrosse
  • Smoking implement. heading
    • A hollow stem with bowl at one end used for smoking, especially a tobacco pipe but also including various other forms such as a water pipe. [from 16thc.] smoking
    • The distance travelled between two rest periods during which one could smoke a pipe. [from 18thc.] Canada, US, colloquial, now historical
Verb
  • To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes. transitive
  • To install or configure with pipes. transitive
  • To play music on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe. intransitive
  • To signal or order by a note pattern on a bosun's pipe. nautical
  • To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission. transitive, figuratively
  • To decorate with piping. transitive
  • To dab away moisture from. transitive
  • To shout loudly and at high pitch.
  • To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character at the command line. transitive, computing, chiefly Unix
  • To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
  • To become hollow in the process of solidifying; said of an ingot of metal.