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pipe1/piep/ nouna long tube or hollow body for conducting a liquid, gas, etc a tubular or cylindrical object, part, or passage, esp one in the body a roughly cylindrical vein of ore a wood, clay, etc tube with a mouthpiece at one end, and at the other a small bowl in which plant material, esp tobacco, is burned for smoking an amount of tobacco held in the bowl of a pipe any of various simple musical instruments consisting of a tube with holes in it, the holes being covered by the fingers in varying configurations to produce different notes when air is blown into the tube (in pl) a set of different lengths of musical pipes joined together; = panpipes any cylindrical tube that produces music, e.g. on an organ a large cask used esp for wine and oil and often used as a measure of capacity equivalent to two hogsheads or 105 imperial gallons (477.3l) a high-pitched noise, esp a shrill birdsong put that in one's pipe and smoke it informal to be forced to accept a situation or fact despite one's objections or its disadvantages pipeful (pl pipefuls) noun [Old English pīpa musical pipe, from Latin pipare to cheep, of imitative origin: compare fife]
pipe2verb transto convey (a fluid substance, esp water, gas, or oil) along a pipe, pipeline, or a series of pipes to transmit (a radio or television broadcast, music, or an electrical signal) along wires or cables to put (a decoration or message) on a cake, etc in icing or cream using a bag with a nozzle He piped ‘Happy Birthday Jane’ on the cake to decorate (a cake, etc) in this way to decorate or cover something with (icing or cream) to trim (clothing, soft furnishings, etc) with decorative cord, etc to attach (decorative cord, etc) to clothes or soft furnishings to install a system of pipes in (a building, etc) to connect (something) by means of a pipe or pipes to say or sing (something) in a shrill voice She was quick to pipe her objection to play (a tune) on a pipe, pipes, or bagpipes to use a pipe, pipes, or bagpipes to welcome or escort (somebody or something) ceremonially The crew piped the admiral aboard Morag piped the haggis to the table to use a boatswain's pipe to tell (sailors) to assemble for work, mealtimes, inspection, etc Harry piped the crew to swabbing duty to play a pipe, pipes, or bagpipes said of a bird: to sing in a shrill, high-pitched way said of somebody, esp a child: to speak in a high-pitched voice ‘Honest, Mum,’ piped Molly, ‘I never touched him.’ |