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pipe1
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- pronunciation:
- paIp
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- phrases:
- pipe up
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a usu. cylindrical tube of metal, plastic, wood, animal or plant tissue, or other material, through which a gas or liquid may flow.
- synonyms:
- tube
- similar words:
- bypass, conduit, cylinder, drain, duct, main, manifold, pipeline, pipette, siphon
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| definition 2: |
an implement, usu. consisting of a bowl and a hollow stem, used for smoking.
- similar words:
- bong, calumet, hookah, meerschaum
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| definition 3: |
the quantity of something such as tobacco needed to fill the bowl of such an implement.
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| definition 4: |
(sometimes pl.) any of several musical instruments composed of one or several tubes that produce notes when air is blown through.
- similar words:
- drone, wind instrument
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| definition 5: |
a single tube of such an instrument, as of a pipe organ.
- similar words:
- drone
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| definition 6: |
the high-pitched sound made by certain animals, such as birds and frogs.
- similar words:
- cheep, chirp, shriek, shrill, squeak, tweet
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| definition 7: |
(usu. pl.; informal) the windpipe, lungs, and vocal cords, esp. of a human singer.
- similar words:
- lungs, voice, windpipe
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| related words: |
bypass, canal, instrument, main, manifold |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
pipes, piping, piped |
| definition 1: |
to produce music or give a signal with a pipe.
- similar words:
- flute
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| definition 2: |
to utter words or other sounds in a high, shrill manner.
The frogs pipe mostly at night.- synonyms:
- peep, shrill
- similar words:
- cheep, chirp, flute, shriek, squeak, tweet
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| phrase: |
pipe up |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause (a gas or liquid) to flow through or as if through a pipe.
- similar words:
- channel, conduct, pipeline, pipette, siphon
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| definition 2: |
to produce (music) or summon by a signal with a pipe.
- similar words:
- flute
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| definition 3: |
to utter in a high, shrill manner.
- synonyms:
- shrill
- similar words:
- cheep, chirp, shriek
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| definition 4: |
to attach piping to (clothing or cloth).
- similar words:
- trim
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| related words: |
conduct |
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| derivations: |
pipeless (adj.), pipelike (adj.) |
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