flute

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   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.
2. 2
   A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
3. 3
   A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
4. 4
   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.
5. 5
   A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
6. 6
   A long French bread roll, baguette.
7. 7
   An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
8. 8
   A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.
9. 9
   A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

Verb

1. 1
   To play on a flute.
2. 2
   To make a flutelike sound.
3. 3
   To utter with a flutelike sound.
4. 4
   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.).