Pipe

Noun



 * 1) A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magma has passed; often filled with volcanic breccia
 * 4) A type of pasta, similar to macaroni
 * 5) Decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, pillows, curtains, etc.); often a contrasting color
 * 6)  A hollow tube used to produce sound, such as an organ pipe.
 * 7)  A wind instrument making a whistling sound. (see pan pipes, bagpipe, boatswain's pipe)
 * 8)  One of the goalposts of the goal.
 * 9)  The character 
 * 10)  A mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another by sending its output to the other as input.
 * 11)  A data backbone, or broadband Internet access.
 * A fat pipe is a high-bandwidth connection.
 * 1)  An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons; half a tun.
 * 2) * 1882: Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons. &mdash; James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205.
 * 3)  An anonymous satire or essay, insulting and frequently libelous, written on a piece of paper and left somewhere public where it could be found and thus spread, to embarrass the author's enemies.
 * 1818: yet, it is much to be hoped, that from his example pipe-making will in future be reposed solely in the hands of Mr. William Cluer of the Brickfield Hill. &mdash; Sydney Gazette, 26 September 1818, on William Bland convicted of libelling Governor Macquarie in a pipe (William Cluer was an earthenware pipe manufacturer). Quoted in More Pig Bites Baby! Stories from Australia's First Newspaper, volume 2, ed. Micahel Connor, Duffy and Snellgrove, 2004, ISBN 1-876631-91-0.

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:tube

Derived terms

 * airpipe
 * anonymous pipe
 * blowpipe
 * boatswain's pipe
 * churchwarden pipe
 * crack-pipe
 * crosspipe
 * pitch pipe
 * drainage pipe
 * dutchman's pipe
 * food pipe
 * half-pipe
 * hawse pipe
 * hashpipe
 * hornpipe


 * hosepipe
 * named pipe
 * organ pipe
 * panpipe
 * peace pipe
 * pipelike
 * pipeline
 * pipesmoke
 * pipe cleaner
 * pipe dream
 * pipe wrench
 * quarter-pipe


 * set of pipes
 * smokepipe
 * soil pipe
 * standpipe
 * steampipe
 * stopped pipe
 * stovepipe
 * superpipe
 * waste pipe
 * water pipe
 * windpipe

Verb

 * 1)  To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
 * 2)  To install or configure with pipes.
 * 3)  To play music on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe.
 * 4)  To signal or order by a note pattern on a bosun's pipe.
 * 5)  To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
 * 6)  To decorate with piping.
 * 7) * 1998, Merehurst Staff, Nicholas Lodge, Janice Murfitt, Graham Tann, The international school of sugarcraft: Beginners (page 108)
 * This means a quantity of runouts can be made in advance, allowing more time to flat ice and pipe the cake.
 * 1)  To dab away moisture from.
 * 2) * 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
 * Our chimney was a square hole in the roof: it was but a little part of the smoke that found its way out, and the rest eddied about the house, and kept us coughing and piping the eye.
 * 1) To shout loudly and at high pitch.
 * 2) * 1922,,  Chapter 2
 * "Ar-cher! Ja-cob!" Johnny piped after her, pivoting round on his heel
 * 1)  To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character at the command line.

Derived terms

 * pipe down
 * pipe up

Verbs for Pipe
(conduit, etc.) attach—; block—; clog—; couple—; explore—; flow through—; insert—; join—; lay—; pass through—; pour into—; stream through—; weld—; —bursts; —carries off; —connects; —conveys; —discharges; —emits; —expands; —freezes.

(smoking) addicted to—; clean—; crust—; draw on—; enjoy—; mislay—; mouth—; pack—; pocket —; scrape—; stuff—; suck on—; -—cakes; —cheers; —eases; —fumes; —glows; —mellows; —solaces; —soothes.

Adjectives for Pipe
(general)

light; short-stemmed; precious; fragrant; rustic; peace; malodorous; masculine-looking; amber; mellow; rich; ripe; giant; fluted; accursed; golden; affluent; seductive; earthen; pastoral; generous; lascivious; faithful; gleeful; smoke-blackened; organ; wide-stopped; foul.

Thesaurus
English horn, Missouri meerschaum, Pandean pipe, adjutage, aerophone, anthem, aulos, bagpipe, ballad, bark, barrel, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, bawl, bay, beep, bell, bellow, blare, blast, blat, blow, blow a horn, blow the horn, blubber, bole, bombard, bong, boohoo, boom, brass, bray, breathe, briar, briar pipe, bugle, butt, buzz, cackle, calabash, calean, call, calumet, canalize, carillon, carol, carry, cask, caterwaul, catheter, caw, channel, channelize, chant, chatter, cheep, chimera, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, choir, chorus, chuck, churchwarden, clack, clarinet, clarion, clay, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, column, conduct, conduit, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, convey, conveyor, coo, corncob, corncob pipe, creak, croak, cromorne, cronk, croon, crow, cry, cuckoo, cylinder, cylindroid, deliver, descant, do-re-mi, doodle, double bassoon, double reed, double-tongue, drainpipe, drawl, dream, drum, duct, efflux tube, embouchure, exclaim, fantasy, fife, fipple flute, fire hose, flageolet, flue pipe, flume, flute, funnel, gabble, gaggle, garden hose, gas pipe, gasp, gobble, groan, growl, grunt, guggle, hautboy, heckelphone, hiss, hogshead, honk, hoo, hookah, hoot, horn, hornpipe, hose, hosepipe, howl, hubble-bubble, hum, hush up, hymn, intonate, intone, keen, keg, key, licorice stick, lilt, line, lip, look at, main, make oneself heard, meerschaum, minstrel, moan, mouthpiece, mumble, murmur, musette, mutter, nargileh, nipple, note, notice, oaten reed, oboe, oboe da caccia, ocarina, offer, organ pipe, panpipe, pant, passage, peace pipe, peal, peep, penny-whistle, piccolo, pillar, pip, pipe cleaner, pipe down, pipe rack, pipe up, pipeline, pipette, piping, pommer, psalm, put through, put through channels, quack, quaver, recorder, reed, reed instrument, reed pipe, roar, roll, roller, roulade, rouleau, rumble, sax, saxophone, say, scold, screak, scream, screech, serenade, setup, shake, shawm, shriek, shrill, shut up, siamese, siamese connection, sibilate, sigh, sing, sing in chorus, single reed, single-reed instrument, siphon, skirl, skreigh, slide, snap, snarl, snorkel, snort, sob, soil pipe, sol-fa, solmizate, sonorophone, sough, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, speak up, spot, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, standpipe, steam pipe, stem, straw, supply, sweet potato, syrinx, tabor pipe, tap, tenoroon, thunder, tin-whistle, tobacco pipe, tobacco pouch, tongue, toot, tooter, tootle, traject, transmit, tremolo, trench, trill, triple-tongue, troll, trumpet, trunk, tube, tubing, tubulation, tubule, tubulet, tubulure, tun, twang, tweedle, tweedledee, tweet, twit, twitter, ululate, ululation, valve, vocalize, volunteer, wail, warble, waste pipe, water pipe, weep, whine, whisper, whistle, wind, wind instrument, wind the horn, woods, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind instrument, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yodel

Etymology
From pipe:, from  *undefined:.

Noun

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 * Korean: 파이프
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 * Lithuanian: vamzdis
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 * Greek: εκκλησιαστικό
 * Hungarian: orgonasíp


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 * Sorani: شمشاڵ
 * Macedonian: шупелка, кавал,
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Noun

 * 1) tobacco pipe.
 * 2)  fellatio.
 * 3) * Faire une pipe.
 * 4) * Tailler une pipe.

Noun
pipe



Anagrams

 * pepi

Noun

 * 1) chimney