Princeton's WordNet

1. flute, transverse flute(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

2. flute, flute glass, champagne flute(noun)

   a tall narrow wineglass

3. flute, fluting(verb)

   a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

4. flute(verb)

   form flutes in

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. flute(noun)flut

   a wind instrument that you hold sideways to play

   to play the flute

Wiktionary

1. flute(Noun)

   A woodwind instrument consisting of a metal, wood or bamboo tube with a row of circular holes and played by blowing across a hole in the side of one end or through a narrow channel at one end against a sharp edge, while covering none, some or all of the holes with the fingers to vary the note played.

2. flute(Noun)

   A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

3. flute(Noun)

   A helical groove going up a drill bit which allows the drilled out material to come up out of the hole as it's drilled.

4. flute(Noun)

   A semicylindrical vertical groove in a pillar, or a similar groove in a rifle barrel used to cut down the weight.

5. flute(Verb)

   To play on a flute.

6. flute(Verb)

   To make a flutelike sound.

7. flute(Verb)

   To utter with a flutelike sound.

8. flute(Verb)

   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.).

Origin: From fleüte

Webster Dictionary

1. Flute(verb)

   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

2. Flute(verb)

   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

3. Flute(noun)

   a similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle

4. Flute(noun)

   a long French breakfast roll

5. Flute(noun)

   a stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound

6. Flute(noun)

   a kind of flyboat; a storeship

7. Flute(verb)

   to play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound

8. Flute(verb)

   to play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute

9. Flute(verb)

   to form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc

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