adj
Meaning 1
High-pitched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- His piping voice could be heard above the hubbub.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
piping
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpaɪpɪŋ/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪpɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: P AY1 P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The sound of musical pipes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An act of making music or noise with pipes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the piping of a house
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Icing extruded from a piping bag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
propagation by cuttings
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
present participle and gerund of pipe
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 11
(used of heat) extremely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the casserole was piping hot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: steaming
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
playing a pipe or the bagpipes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: playing
noun
Meaning 13
a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pipe, pipage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tube, tubing
Narrower terms: chimneypot, discharge pipe, drain, drainpipe, waste pipe, drilling pipe, elbow, exhaust pipe, fuel line, gas line, petrol line, main, manifold, pipeline, line, riser, riser pipe, riser pipeline, riser main, sparge pipe, standpipe, steam line, steam pipe, tailpipe
noun
Meaning 14
a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cord
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: flutado — sound of musical pipes
- Esperanto: flutado — act of making music or noise with pipes
- French: passepoil — ornamentation on the edges of a garment
- Russian: кант (kant) — ornamentation on the edges of a garment