to pipe
- verb
- /paɪp/
- Specialized
- Pipe the top using the same rose pattern, starting on the outer row and working toward the center.
- pipe a border
- pipe decorations
Examples
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Add some of the cheese mixture by piping evenly over the meat sauce, then scatter a few torn basil leaves on top.
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I recommend making the filling when the cupcakes are cooled and piping the filling immediately into the center of the cupcake and then frosting them.
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Take this white icing over here and you just pipe all the way around.
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Fill in any gaps between roses on the cake with piped stars.
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Place caramel in a plastic bag and pipe straight lines horizontally across.
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I am piping chocolate onto the cookies and I'm doing sort of a fun zigzag design.
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Then I piped the icing into petals all around.
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With a pastry bag in hand, she skillfully piped icing along the edges of the cake.
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To add flair to the dessert, you can pipe whipped cream in decorative shapes on the pie.
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He loves to pipe colorful frosting along the seams of his homemade cookies.
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Offensive
A thing made inside a metal pipe that explodes to hurt people or damage things
A large musical instrument that makes sound through many pipes and you play with keyboards and pedals
A thin bendable wire with soft material for cleaning a tobacco pipe or making simple crafts
- Literature
A decorated pipe smoked in a special ceremony by some Native American groups to show peace or agreement
- Specialized
A large adjustable tool with jaws that have teeth for gripping and turning pipes
- Specialized
A worker who installs and repairs pipes that carry water, gas, or steam
- Specialized
A vertical tube that carries water or gas up between floors in a building
- Specialized
A small device that plays a musical note to help singers or musicians find the right starting note
- Specialized
A set of connected metal tubes that carry force and mud from the platform to the cutting part underground
A small waxy white or pink plant in shady woods that does not use sunlight to make food
- Australian
A tropical tree with hanging yellow flowers and pods whose soft inside is used as medicine
- Archaic
An old clay pipe with a long stem for smoking, often from 17th or 18th century England
- Specialized
A pipe in an organ that makes sound when a thin metal strip vibrates, giving a bright tone
- Archaic
A set of pipes of different lengths tied together that you play by blowing across the tops
- Specialized
A horizontal pipe with small holes that sprays water or other liquids evenly
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pipe in sewing comes from the small cord or tube used to make a raised edge, often called 'piping', because it looks like a tiny pipe along the seam. So to pipe a garment is to add that tube-shaped trim to its edge.