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ENGLISH: pipe - CREOLE: kondi

Overview of noun pipe

The noun pipe has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (6) pipe, tobacco pipe -- (a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco)

2. (4) pipe, pipage, piping -- (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)

3. pipe, tube -- (a hollow cylindrical shape)

4. pipe, tabor pipe -- (a small fipple flute that is played with the left hand while the right hand is free to beat a tabor)

5. organ pipe, pipe, pipework -- (the flues and stops on a pipe organ)

6. bagpipe, pipe -- (a wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the instrument)

Overview of verb pipe

The verb pipe has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe -- (utter a shrill cry)

2. pipe -- (transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert")

3. pipe -- (play on a pipe; "pipe a tune")

4. pipe -- (trim with piping; "pipe the skirt")