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The meaning of Piping

Piping – definition

noun

Lengths of pipe made of metal, plastic, or other materials.

Usage examples:

It was replaced at half time by a length of plastic piping that is normally used as a goal post dur…
noun

Thin lines of icing or cream, used to decorate cakes and desserts.

noun

Thin cord covered in fabric, used to decorate clothing or soft furnishings and reinforce seams.

Usage examples:

Other style-conscious additions include graphic seams, decorative piping and raw edging.
noun

The action or art of playing a pipe or pipes.

Usage examples:

Eventually, josephine is missing; nobody can find her and everyone misses her music, her piping, an…
noun

A cutting of a pink or similar plant taken at a joint.

Usage examples:

The propagation of pinks from pipings usually works very well.
adjective

High-pitched.

Usage examples:

The piping voice of a little girl
verb

Convey (water, gas, oil, or other fluid substances) through a pipe or pipes.

Usage examples:

Water from the lakes is piped to manchester
verb

Play (a tune) on a pipe or pipes.

Usage examples:

He believed he'd heard music—a tune being piped
verb

(of a bird) sing in a high or shrill voice.

Usage examples:

Outside at the back a curlew piped
verb

Decorate (clothing or soft furnishings) with thin cord covered in fabric and inserted into a seam.

verb

Arrange (food, particularly icing or cream) in decorative lines or patterns.

Usage examples:

She had been piping cream round a flan
verb

Propagate (a pink or similar plant) by taking a cutting at the joint of a stem.

noun

A folded strip of cloth, often enclosing a cord, used to decorate the edges of clothes or furniture

Usage examples:

Contrasting fabric was used for the cushion’s piping.

Piping translation into English

Piping: translate from English into Chinese

Translate piping into Chinese (Simplified)}
管道, 吹笛, 笛声, 笛声的, 吹笛的

Piping: translate from English into Dutch

Translate piping into Dutch}
Leidingen, Buizen, Bies, Kokend, Buizenstelsel, Biesversiering, Sissend, Fluitend, Pijpend, Piepend, Galonkoord, Stek, Het pijpen

Piping: translate from English into French

Translate piping into French}
Tuyauterie, Canalisation, Conduites, Passepoil, Flûté, Pépiement, Son de la flûte, Son de pipeau

Piping: translate from English into German

Translate piping into German}
Rohrleitungen, Rohrleitungssystem, Kordel, Schnur, Flötenspiel, Verzierung aus zuckerguss, Dudelsackpfeifen

Piping: translate from English into Hindi

Translate piping into Hindi}
पाइपलाइन, किकियानेवाला, तेज़ आवाज़, तेज़, विलाप, सनसन, शांत, किकियानेवाला स्वर, रोना, मुरलीवाला, क्रियागत अर्थो में, बजाने वाले की‍ क्रिया, वंशीवादन, वस्‍त्रों को सजाने की गोआ-किनारी, केके पर चीनी के रेशों से की हुई सज्‍जा

Piping: translate from English into Italian

Translate piping into Italian}
Tubazioni, Tubatura, Conduttura, Cordoncino, Acuto, Penetrante, Crudo, Pigolio, Suono di piffero

Piping: translate from English into Korean

Translate piping into Korean}
관, 피리 불기, 피리소리, 펄펄 끓어오를 만큼, 펄펄 소리내어 끓어오를 만큼, 음식물이 펄펄 끓어오를 만큼, 음식물이 펄펄 소리내어 끓어오를 만큼, 피리를 부는, 뿔피리를 부는

Piping: translate from English into Russian

Translate piping into Russian}
Трубопровод, Трубы, Система труб, Кант, Пронзительный, Писк, Пискливый, Образование усадочных раковин, Пение, Игра, Усадочная раковина, Сахарный узор, Насвистывание, Игра на дудке или на свирели

Piping: translate from English into Spanish

Translate piping into Spanish}
Tubería, Ribete, Agudo, Pitido, Gorjeo, Sonido de la flauta, Sonido de la gaita, Adorno hecho sobre un pastel

Word origin

Old English pīpe ‘musical tube’, pīpian ‘play a pipe’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijp and German Pfeife, based on Latin pipare ‘to peep, chirp’, reinforced in Middle English by O

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