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piping

verb
/ˈpaɪpɪŋ/

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of pipe

  2. The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg

    The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.

  3. The sound of musical pipes.

    • The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. An act of making music or noise with pipes.

    2. A system of pipes that compose a structure

      A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.

      • the piping of a house

    3. An ornamentation on the edges of a garment

      An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.

    4. Icing extruded from a piping bag.

    5. A piece cut off to be set or planted

      A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.

    6. propagation by cuttings

    7. High-pitched.

      • His piping voice could be heard above the hubbub.

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Derived

pied-piping, piping bellbird, piping plover, piping shrike, piping times, piping times of peace

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at piping. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01piping02beginning03acts04clipping05clipped06trimmed07furnished08furniture09fittings10fitting

A definitional loop anchored at piping. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at piping

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA