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Definition of Flute

1. Verb. Form flutes in.

2. Noun. A high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown.

3. Noun. A tall narrow wineglass.

4. Noun. A groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column).

Definition of Flute

1. n. A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole.

2. n. A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

3. v. i. To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.

4. v. t. To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.

Definition of Flute

1. Noun. (context: musical instruments) A woodwind instrument consisting of a metal, wood or bamboo tube with a row of circular holes and played by blowing across a hole in the side of one end or through a narrow channel at one end against a sharp edge, while covering none, some or all of the holes with the fingers to vary the note played. ¹

2. Noun. A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne. ¹

3. Noun. A helical groove going up a drill bit which allows the drilled out material to come up out of the hole as it's drilled. ¹

4. Noun. (architecture firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove in a pillar, or a similar groove in a rifle barrel used to cut down the weight. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To play on a flute. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To make a flutelike sound. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To utter with a flutelike sound. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flute

1. to play on a flute (a woodwind instrument) [v FLUTED, FLUTING, FLUTES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flute

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