# piped

Pronunciation: say "PYPT" /paɪpt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of pipe. — simple past and past participle of pipe
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of pipe. Use this form for something that already happened or was done.
   - _The engineers piped steam through the factory to heat each room._
   - _Soft music was piped into the lobby all afternoon._

## Adjective

2. Brought to a place by means of a pipe rather than carried or delivered another way.
   - Simple: Carried from place to place through a pipe.
   - _Piped natural gas now reaches most neighborhoods in the city._
   - _Residents far prefer piped water to hauling buckets from the well._
3. Having the long, hollow, tubular shape of a pipe.
   - Simple: Long, round, and hollow like a tube.
   - _The reef coral forms clusters of piped, hollow branches._
   - _Glassblowers shaped the vase with a narrow, piped neck._
4. Of a rail vehicle that carries a through brake pipe but has no brakes operated by that pipe.
   - Simple: Of a train car that lets the brake pipe pass through but has no brakes of its own.
   - _Railways often placed a piped vehicle between braked cars to keep the brake line continuous._
   - _Each piped wagon let the air pass through while contributing no braking force of its own._

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