Flute
[fluːt] or [flut]
Definition
(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.
(noun.) a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column).
(noun.) a tall narrow wineglass.
(verb.) form flutes in.
Typist: Psyche--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) 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.
(n.) A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.
(n.) A long French breakfast roll.
(n.) A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound.
(n.) A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
(v. i.) To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.
(v. t.) To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute.
(v. t.) To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.
Typist: Trevor
Definition
n. a musical pipe with finger-holes and keys sounded by blowing: in organ-building a stop with stopped wooden pipes having a flute-like tone: one of a series of curved furrows as on a pillar called also Fluting: a tall and narrow wine-glass: a shuttle in tapestry-weaving &c.—v.i. to play the flute.—v.t. to play or sing in soft flute-like tones: to form flutes or grooves in.—adj. Flut′ed ornamented with flutes channels or grooves.—ns. Flut′er; Fluti′na (tē′-) a kind of accordion; Flut′ing-machine′ a machine for corrugating sheet-metal also a wood-turning machine for forming twisted spiral and fluted balusters; Flut′ist.—adj. Flut′y in tone like a flute.
Checker: Sandra
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of hearing notes from a flute, signifies a pleasant meeting with friends from a distance, and profitable engagements. For a young woman to dream of playing a flute, denotes that she will fall in love because of her lover's engaging manners.
Checker: Polly
Examples
- Why should you expect me to oblige you by hearing you play the flute, any more than I should expect you to oblige me by not playing it? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But what do you say to flute-makers and flute-players? Plato. The Republic.
- While I was yet in the full enjoyment of it, the old woman of the house said to the Master: 'Have you got your flute with you? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is really the presence or absence of overtones which enables us to distinguish the note of the piano from that of the violin, flute, or clarinet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In flute-like tones of sarcasm she said-- You can easily go after Mrs. Casaubon and explain your preference. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Why, David has his harp, or flute, which comes to the same thing. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The flute becomes inaudible, the wheels of the coach are heard instead, and I am on my journey. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A strain of plaintive music, played on stringed instruments, and flutes, recalled my attention to the hidden shrine. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I went to their church, where I was entertained with good music, the organ being accompanied with violins, haut-boys, flutes, clarinets, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There was music every where--choruses, string bands, brass bands, flutes, every thing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These were fluted, once, and yet, although the stone is about as hard as iron, the flutings are almost worn away. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One roller of each pair was covered with leather, and the other was fluted lengthwise. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The edges of the cloths were first crimped or fluted and then sewed by a running stitch. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typed by Jody