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PIPE IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transport to a destination through pipes
Example:
We have to pipe in oil
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "pipe in" is one way to...):
carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bring in through pipes
Example:
Music was piped into the offices
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pipe in" is one way to...):
carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
