∙ 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.