pipe

pipe
pipe1 W3S2 [paıp] n
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1¦(tube)¦
2¦(for smoking)¦
3¦(music)¦
4 pipe dream
5 put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it
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[: Old English; Origin: pipa, from Vulgar Latin, from Latin pipare 'to make a high sound']
1.) ¦(TUBE)¦
a tube through which a liquid or gas flows
▪ a water pipe
▪ a frozen waste pipe
▪ copper pipes
▪ A pipe had burst in the kitchen and flooded the floor.
→↑drainpipe,exhaust pipe at ↑exhaust2 (2), ↑windpipe
2.) ¦(FOR SMOKING)¦
a thing used for smoking tobacco, consisting of a small tube with a container shaped like a bowl at one end
▪ Dad was there, smoking his pipe .
▪ pipe tobacco
3.) ¦(MUSIC)¦
a) a simple musical instrument like a tube, that you play by blowing
→↑panpipes
b) one of the metal tubes that air passes through when you play an ↑organ
c) the pipes
4.) pipe dream
a hope, idea, plan etc that is impossible or will probably never happen
▪ In many parts of the country, democratic elections are simply a pipe dream.
5.) put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it
spoken used to say that someone must accept what you have just said, even though they do not like it
pipe 2
pipe2 v
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1¦(send liquid/gas)¦
2¦(make music)¦
3¦(food)¦
4¦(speak)¦
Phrasal verbs
　pipe down
　pipe something<=>in
　pipe up
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1.) ¦(SEND LIQUID/GAS)¦ [T usually passive]
to send a liquid or gas through a pipe to another place
pipe sth into/from/out of etc sth
▪ Eighty per cent of sewage is piped directly into the sea.
pipe sth in/out/up etc
▪ A lot of oil is piped in from Alaska.
▪ villages with no piped water
2.) ¦(MAKE MUSIC)¦ [I and T]
to make a musical sound, using a pipe
3.) ¦(FOOD)¦ [T]
to decorate food, especially a cake, with lines of ↑icing or cream
4.) ¦(SPEAK)¦ [T]
literary to speak or sing something in a high voice
▪ 'Morning!' piped a cheery voice.
pipe down phr v
to stop talking or making a noise, and become calmer and less excited
▪ Everybody pipe down. There's no need to shout.
pipe in [pipe sth<=>in] phr v
to send radio signals or recorded music into a room or building
▪ tunes piped in over an acoustic system
pipe up phr v
to suddenly say something, especially when you have been quiet until then
▪ Mum suddenly piped up 'No!'

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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