Definition of Flute. Meaning of Flute. Synonyms of Flute

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Definition of Flute

Flute
Flute Flute (fl[=u]t), n. [Cf. F. fl[^u]te a transport, D. fluit.] A kind of flyboat; a storeship. Armed en fl[^u]te(Nav.), partially armed.
Flute
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.
Flute
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. Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. --Tennyson. The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee. --Emerson. 2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.

Meaning of Flute from wikipedia

- The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating...
- Look up flute or flûte in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A flute is a musical instrument. Flute can also refer to: Sébastien Flute (born 1972), French...
- Western concert flute can refer to the common C concert flute or to the family of transverse (side-blown) flutes to which the C flute belongs. Almost...
- Jazz flute is the use of the flute in jazz music. While flutes were sometimes pla**** in ragtime and early jazz ensembles, the flute became established...
- A pan flute (also known as panpipes or syrinx) is a musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting of multiple pipes of gradually...
- vertical flute is either (1) a rim-blown (notched or unnotched) flute, (2) a tubular duct flute, with tapered bore or (3) a transversely blown flute, Giorgi...
- perpendicular to the flute's body length. Transverse flutes include the Western concert flute, the Irish flute, the Indian classical flutes (the bansuri and...
- The Divje Babe flute, also called tidldibab, is a cave bear femur pierced by spaced holes that was unearthed in 1995 during systematic archaeological...
- The hand flute, or handflute, is a musical instrument made out of the player's hands. It is also called a hand ocarina or hand whistle. To produce sound...
- The eunuch flute, onion flute, or mirliton (/ˈmɜːrlɪtɒn/; French: flûte eunuque, flûte à l'oignon or mirliton; German: Zwiebelflöte) is a membranophone...