pipe
[noun]
Synonyms:
- tube, conduit, duct, hose, line, main, passage, pipeline
[verb]
Synonyms:
- whistle, cheep, peep, play, sing, sound, warble
- convey, channel, conduct

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. pipe¹ S2 W3 /paɪp/ noun [countable]
[Language: 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, windpipe, ⇒ exhaust pipe at exhaust²(2)

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 bagpipes

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

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. pipe² verb

1. SEND LIQUID/GAS [transitive usually passive] to send a liquid or gas through a pipe to another place
pipe something into/from/out of etc something
Eighty per cent of sewage is piped directly into the sea.
pipe something in/out/up etc
A lot of oil is piped in from Alaska.
villages with no piped water

2. MAKE MUSIC [intransitive and transitive] to make a musical sound, using a pipe

3. FOOD [transitive] to decorate food, especially a cake, with lines of icing or cream

4. SPEAK [transitive] literary to speak or sing something in a high voice:
‘Morning!’ he piped with a cheery voice.
pipe down phrasal verb spoken
to stop talking or making a noise, and become calmer and less excited:
Everybody pipe down. There’s no need to shout.
pipe something ↔ in (also pipe something into something) phrasal verb
to send radio signals or recorded music into a room or building:
tunes piped in over an acoustic system
pipe up phrasal verb informal
to suddenly say something, especially when you have been quiet until then:
Mum suddenly piped up ‘No!’

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pipe
noun
I. hollow tube that carries gas/liquid
ADJ. underground | gas, sewage, waste, water the hot and cold water pipes
brake, central heating, hose (also hosepipe) | drainage, drain (also drainpipe), exhaust, inlet, outfall, outflow, outlet, overflow, service, supply | blocked, broken, burst, cracked, frozen, leaking | concrete, copper, iron, lead, metal, plastic, steel
QUANT. length to join two lengths of pipe together Copper pipe is sold in lengths.
VERB + PIPE lay, run He laid the pipes under the floorboards.
connect | insulate, lag Insulating your pipes will save on your heating bills.
PIPE + VERB lead, pass through sth, run The pipes lead into the river. The pipes will have to pass through the wall.
burst, freeze, leak
PIPE + NOUN cutter, fitter | insulation
PREP. through a/the ~ | ~ for the pipe for the hot water
~ from, ~ to The pipe from the boiler to the bath.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

pipe
II. used for smoking tobacco
ADJ. clay | peace
VERB + PIPE smoke | light | fill | draw on, puff away at/on, puff on | knock out He knocked out his pipe in the big glass ashtray.
PIPE + NOUN smoker | tobacco | rack
PHRASES the bowl/stem of a pipe

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

pipe

a water pipe
Be careful to avoid piercing any water pipes or electricity cables.
a gas pipe
a waste pipe
What’s the best way to clear a blocked waste pipe?
a sewer/sewage pipe (=for removing waste from the human body)
lay a pipe
They were digging a trench to lay water pipes.
block a pipe
It is likely that fat or grease is blocking the waste pipe.
a pipe leaks
He complained that a water pipe was leaking in his hotel room.
a pipe freezes
That winter was so cold that the pipes froze and we had no water.
a pipe bursts
A burst pipe can cause major structural damage quite quickly.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

pipe
paɪp
See: put that in your pipe and smoke it

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲