'Flute' definitions:

Definition of 'flute'

From: WordNet
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 [syn: flute, transverse flute]
noun
A tall narrow wineglass [syn: flute, flute glass, champagne flute]
noun
A groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) [syn: flute, fluting]
verb
Form flutes in

Definition of 'Flute'

From: GCIDE
  • Flute \Flute\ (fl[=u]t), n. [Cf. F. fl[^u]te a transport, D. fluit.] A kind of flyboat; a storeship. [1913 Webster]
  • Armed en fl[^u]te(Nav.), partially armed. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flute'

From: GCIDE
  • Flute \Flute\, v. i. [OE. flouten, floiten, OF. fla["u]ter, fle["u]ter, flouster, F. fl[^u]ter, cf. D. fluiten; ascribed to an assumed LL. flautare, flatuare, fr. L. flatus a blowing, fr. flare to blow. Cf. Flout, Flageolet, Flatulent.] To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flute'

From: GCIDE
  • Flute \Flute\, n. [OE. floute, floite, fr. OF. fla["u]te, flahute, flahuste, F. fl?te; cf. LL. flauta, D. fluit. See Flute, v. i.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Arch.) A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A long French breakfast roll. --Simonds. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound. [1913 Webster]
  • Flute bit, a boring tool for piercing ebony, rosewood, and other hard woods.
  • Flute pipe, an organ pipe having a sharp lip or wind-cutter which imparts vibrations to the column of air in the pipe. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flute'

From: GCIDE
  • Flute \Flute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluting.]
  • 1. To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute. [1913 Webster]
  • Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flute'

From: Easton
  • Flute a musical instrument, probably composed of a number of pipes, mentioned Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15.
  • In Matt. 9:23, 24, notice is taken of players on the flute, here called "minstrels" (but in R.V. "flute-players").
  • Flutes were in common use among the ancient Egyptians.

Synonyms of 'flute'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Flute'