[pʌɪp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tube used to convey water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances

- a device for smoking tobacco, consisting of a narrow tube made from wood, clay, etc. with a bowl at one end in which the tobacco is burned, the smoke from which is drawn into the mouth
(e.g: a smell of pipe tobacco)

- a wind instrument consisting of a single tube with holes along its length that are covered by the fingers to produce different notes
(e.g: the tone of a reed pipe)

- a command which causes the output from one routine to be the input for another

- a cask for wine, especially as a measure equal to two hogsheads, usually equivalent to 105 gallons (about 477 litres)
(e.g: a fresh pipe of port)


Phrases:
- put that in your pipe and smoke it

Origin:
Old English pīpe ‘musical tube’, pīpian ‘play a pipe’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijp and German Pfeife, based on Latin pipare ‘to peep, chirp’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French piper ‘to chirp, squeak’

[pʌɪp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes
(e.g: water from the lakes is piped to Manchester)

- play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes
(e.g: he believed he'd heard music—a tune being piped)

- (of a bird) sing in a high or shrill voice
(e.g: outside at the back a curlew piped)

- decorate (clothing or soft furnishings) with thin cord covered in fabric and inserted into a seam

- arrange (food, particularly icing or cream) in decorative lines or patterns
(e.g: she had been piping cream round a flan)

- propagate (a pink or similar plant) by taking a cutting at the joint of a stem


Phrases:
- put that in your pipe and smoke it

Origin:
Old English pīpe ‘musical tube’, pīpian ‘play a pipe’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijp and German Pfeife, based on Latin pipare ‘to peep, chirp’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French piper ‘to chirp, squeak’