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pipe

/paɪp/

noun

Meaning

  • Meanings relating to a wind instrument.

  • Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.

  • Meanings relating to a container.

  • Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.

  • Meanings relating to computing.

  • Meanings relating to a smoking implement.

Synonyms

pan,
bar,
vertical bar,
vertical line,
virgule

verb

Meaning

  • To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.

  • To shout loudly and at high pitch.

  • To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.

  • Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.

  • To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.

  • To install or configure with pipes.

  • To dab moisture away from.

  • To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.

  • To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character (pipe) at the command line.

  • To create or decorate with piping (icing).

    "to pipe flowers on to a cupcake"

  • To order or signal by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.

  • (of a male) To have sexual intercourse with a female.

  • To see.