pipe
noun
a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.
has piped
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present perfectof pipe (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Yet, in New York, on the eve of the reforms coming into force, a familiar chorus of concern has piped up.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2019
City Manager Jim Couch has said it could be 15 years before the city, which for decades has piped in water from two other southeastern reservoirs, would need to begin drawing water from Sardis.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
To drown out ambient sound, Hachette has piped “pink noise” — white noise that has been set to the frequencies of human voices — through a system of overhead speakers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2014
In fact, she has bugged the entire abbey, including the poplars, and has piped all the dirt back to a monitor hidden in a jeweled statuette of the Infant of Prague.
From Time Magazine Archive
To have been one modest part of an instrument that has piped to pleasure many millions of my fellows, is surely justification for personal satisfaction.
From The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Ned Wayburn
