pipe

Meaning

To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
To shout loudly and at high pitch.
To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
To install or configure with pipes.
To dab moisture away from.
To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character () at the command line.
To create or decorate with piping (icing).
To order or signal by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
To have sexual intercourse with a female.
To see.

From Middle English pipe, pype, from Old English pīpe ("pipe (musical instrument); the channel of a small stream"), from Proto-Germanic *pīpǭ. Reinforced by Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pipire, pipiare, pipare, from pīpiō, of imitative origin. fife.
The “storage container” and “liquid measure” senses are derived from Middle English pipe ("large storage receptacle, particularly for wine; cask, vat; measure of volume"), from pīpe (above) and Old French pipe ("liquid measure").
The verb is from Middle English pipen, pypyn, from Old English pīpian ("to pipe").

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