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Толковый словарь английского языка - flute

 

Flute

flute
I. noun Etymology: Middle English floute, from Anglo-French floute, fleute, from Old French flaüte, probably of imitative origin Date: 14th century 1. recorder 3, a keyed woodwind instrument consisting of a cylindrical tube which is stopped at one end and which has a side hole over which air is blown to produce the tone and having a range from middle C upward for three octaves, something long and slender: as, a tall slender wineglass, a grooved pleat (as on a hat brim), a rounded groove, ~like adjective fluty or ~y adjective II. verb (~d; fluting) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to play a ~, to produce a ~like sound, transitive verb to utter with a ~like sound, to form ~s in, ~r noun
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  n. & v. --n. 1 a a high-pitched woodwind instrument of metal or wood, having holes along it stopped by the fingers or keys, and held across the body. b an organ stop having a similar sound. c any of various wind instruments resembling a flute. d a flute-player. 2 a Archit. an ornamental vertical groove in a column. b a trumpet-shaped frill on a dress etc. c any similar cylindrical groove. 3 a tall narrow wineglass. --v. 1 intr. play the flute. 2 intr. speak, sing, or whistle in a fluting way. 3 tr. make flutes or grooves in. 4 tr. play (a tune etc.) on a flute. Derivatives flutelike adj. fluting n. flutist n. US (cf. FLAUTIST). fluty adj. (in sense 1a of n.). Etymology: ME f. OF fl{euml}ute, fl{auml}ute, flahute, prob. f. Prov. fl{auml}ut ...
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