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Adjective piping has 1 sense
- piping - resembling the music of a pipe; "the piping voices of children"
Antonyms: low, low-pitched (indirect, via high)
Adverbial piping has 1 sense
- piping, steaming - (used of heat) extremely; "the casserole was piping hot"
Noun piping has 3 senses
- piping - a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems
--1 is a kind of cord
- pipe, pipage, piping - a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
--2 is a kind of tube, tubing
--2 has parts: spout
--2 has particulars:
- piping - playing a pipe or the bagpipes
--3 is a kind of playing
Verb pipe has 4 senses
- shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe - utter a shrill cry
--1 is one way to shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- pipe - transport by pipeline; "pipe oil, water, and gas into the desert"
--2 is one way to transport
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
- pipe - play on a pipe; "pipe a tune"
--3 is one way to play
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- pipe - trim with piping; "pipe the skirt"
--4 is one way to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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