piped

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of pipe. Use this form for something that already happened or was done.

   The town piped fresh water to every house on the hill.

   Workers piped gas into the new building last year.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Carried from place to place through a pipe.

   Like water reaching your tap through hidden tubes instead of being carried in buckets.

   Many homes rely on piped water for cooking and washing.

   The village finally got piped gas last winter.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Long, round, and hollow like a tube.

   Like a drinking straw: long, round, and hollow inside.

   Some seaweeds grow long, piped fronds filled with air.

   The toy came with several piped parts you could connect.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Of a train car that lets the brake pipe pass through but has no brakes of its own.

   Like a power strip that passes electricity along to other devices but doesn't use any itself.

   The wagon was piped, so the brake line still reached the cars behind it.

   A piped van can pass air to other cars but cannot brake itself.

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