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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pipe in en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pipes in Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
piped in Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
piped in Tense=Past lexicographic
piping in Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (2)

pl obwieszczać (to interrupt a conversation with a comment) · pl obwieścić (to interrupt a conversation with a comment)