flute
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English fleute, floute, flote, from Old French flaute, fleüte, from Old Provençal flaüt, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from three possibilities:
* Blend of Provencal flaujol (“flageolet”) + laüt (“lute”)
* From Latin flātus (“blowing”), from flāre (“to blow”)
* Imitative.
Doublet of flauta and fluyt.
Inflected forms:
form: flutes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: flutes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fluting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: fluted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: fluted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
pos: noun
examples: The breathing flute's ſoft notes are heard around, / And the ſhril trumpets mix their ſilver ſound; / The vaulted roofs vvith echoing muſic ring, / Theſe touch the vocal ſtops, and thoſe the trembling ſtring.
The group played huge drums placed overhead, along with flutes and a kotolike zither.
After another alternation of the two elements, there is a more playful episode, in which flute and bassoon take up the first element, with swooping glissando on the ondes Martenot.
gloss: A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
gloss: A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
pos: noun
examples: These are champagne glasses, says Peggy.
No, I mean the tall ones, Jamie says.
You're thinking of flutes, says Peggy. These are coupes.
gloss: A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.
pos: noun
gloss: A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
pos: noun
gloss: A long French bread roll, baguette.
pos: noun
gloss: An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
pos: noun
gloss: A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.
pos: noun
gloss: To play on a flute.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To make a flutelike sound.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The green turf was velvet underfoot. The blackbirds fluted in the hazels there.
gloss: To utter with a flutelike sound.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: “Oh, there's my precious Poppet,” said Phyllis, as a distant barking reached the ears. “He's asking for his dinner, the sweet little angel. All right, darling, Mother's coming,” she fluted, and buzzed off on the errand of mercy.
gloss: 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.).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: flageolet
flute-douce
flute around
champagne flute
flautist
fluted
Derived words: alto flute
block flute
chimney flute
devil's flute
Divje Babe flute
duct flute
en flute
English flute
eunuch flute
flute-bird
fluted armour
fluteful
fluteless
flutemouth
flute-player
fluter
flute register
flute stop
flutework
flutey
flutist
flutophone
fluty
German flute
hyperbass flute
Irish flute
Native American flute
nose flute
octave flute
onion flute
pan flute
shepherd's flute
skin flute
transverse flute
vertical flute
vessel flute
Western concert flute
whistle and flute
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