Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To supply (a product or substance) via pipes.

  2. (broadly, transitive)To continuously supply anything from an external source.

    Soulless music was piped in through the speakers in the room.

  3. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive)To interrupt a conversation with a comment.

More definitions
  • transport to a destination through pipes
  • bring in through pipes

Examples

17 sentences
  1. He was sitting there with a pipe in his mouth.

    ruОн сидел там с трубкой во рту. — sharptoothed

    deEr saß dort mit einer Pfeife im Mund. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom was holding a short piece of pipe in his left hand and a knife in his right.

  3. He spoke with a pipe in his mouth.

    Він говорив з люлькою в роті. — uaspeaker

    ruОн говорил с трубкой во рту. — FeuDRenais

  4. There were some pipe issues in the bathroom.

  5. Grandfather talked to me with a pipe in his mouth.

    ruДедушка разговаривал со мной с трубкой во рту. — marafon

    deGroßvater sprach mit einer Pfeife im Mund mit mir. — lilygilder

Translations

1 languages

Forms

pipes in, piping in, piped in, piped in
Base formpipe in · to pipe in
3rd person singularpipes in
Present participlepiping in
Past simplepiped in
Past participlepiped in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypipe in
he, she, itpipes in

Past simpleLesson

all personspiped in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave piped in
he, she, ithas piped in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pipe in

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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