A pipe that is a conduit for water; an essential element of plumbing. / A device for smoking, such as a hookah or bong, in which the smoke is drawn through a container of water before inhaling.

To attach or secure with pins. / (idiomatic) To identify something (e.g. a decision or plan) clearly or specifically.

(vulgar, Britain, New Zealand, Australian slang) Something easy to achieve.

Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues. / (literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.

(literature) A picaresque novel.

(UK, Ireland) A person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten. / An implement used to extract the flesh of a periwinkle from its shell.

(nautical) A whistle, previously used by boatswain's mates to pipe orders throughout a ship; now used for the ceremonial piping onboard of visiting dignitaries.

(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication. / Hyponyms: tablet, caplet, capsule, lozenge

(intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber. / To form into the shape of a pill. / (transitive) To medicate with pills.

(obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark. / To peel; to make by removing the skin. / To be peeled; to peel off in flakes. / (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.