English noun: pipe |
1. | pipe (artifact) a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco |
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| Synonyms | tobacco pipe |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tube, tubing |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | briar, briar pipe, calabash, calabash pipe, calean, calumet, chicha, clay pipe, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, meerschaum, narghile, nargileh, peace pipe, pipe of peace, sheesha, shisha, water pipe |
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| Part holonym | bowl, mouthpiece, pipe bowl, stem |
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2. | pipe (artifact) a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. |
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| Synonyms | pipage, piping |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tube, tubing |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chimneypot, discharge pipe, drain, drainpipe, drilling pipe, elbow, exhaust pipe, fuel line, gas line, line, main, manifold, petrol line, pipeline, riser, riser main, riser pipe, riser pipeline, sparge pipe, standpipe, steam line, steam pipe, tailpipe, waste pipe |
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| Part holonym | spout |
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3. | pipe (shape) a hollow cylindrical shape |
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| Synonyms | tube |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cylinder |
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4. | pipe (artifact) a tubular wind instrument |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wind, wind instrument |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bagpipe, bourdon, chanter, drone, drone pipe, fipple flute, fipple pipe, melody pipe, pandean pipe, panpipe, pitch pipe, recorder, syrinx, vertical flute |
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5. | pipe (artifact) the flues and stops on a pipe organ |
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| Synonyms | organ pipe, pipework |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wind, wind instrument |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | flue, flue pipe, labial pipe, organ stop, reed pipe |
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| Part meronym | organ, pipe organ |
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English verb: pipe |
1. | pipe (communication) utter a shrill cry |
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| Synonyms | pipe up, shriek, shrill |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Broader (hypernym) | call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | caterwaul, yowl |
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2. | pipe (motion) transport by pipeline |
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| Samples | Pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | transport |
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3. | pipe (creation) play on a pipe |
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| Samples | Pipe a tune.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | play |
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| Domain category | music |
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4. | pipe (creation) trim with piping |
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| Samples | Pipe the skirt.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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| Entail | sew, tailor, tailor-make |
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