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flute (iou)



flute verb. [flu:t] LME.
[from FLUTE noun1.]
I.
verb intrans. Play a flute or pipe. LME.
b. verb trans. Play (a tune etc.) on a flute or pipe. M19.
verb intrans. & trans. Whistle, sing, or speak, in flutelike tones. E19.
Tennyson Some..swan..fluting a wild carol ere her death. S. O'Faolain The doves fluting long and slow in the deep woods. S. J. Perelman 'Too too divine having you,' she fluted.
II.
verb trans. Make flutes or grooves in; provide with or arrange in flutes. L16.
b. verb intrans. Hang or jut out in flutes. L19.
fluted ppl adjective (a) having grooves or flutes; arranged in flutes; (b) having the tonal quality of a flute: E17.
fluter noun (now rare) a flute player ME.