pipe the eye in English

Forms: pipes the eye [present, singular, third-person], piping the eye [participle, present], piped the eye [participle, past], piped the eye [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: A metaphor alluding to the boatswain's pipe, which calls to duty. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pipe the eye (third-person singular simple present pipes the eye, present participle piping the eye, simple past and past participle piped the eye)

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{
  "etymology_text": "A metaphor alluding to the boatswain's pipe, which calls to duty.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pipes the eye",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piping the eye",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piped the eye",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piped the eye",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1845, Thomas Hood, Faithless Sally Brown",
          "text": "He first began to eye his pipe, / And then to pipe his eye.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To weep."
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, idiomatic) To weep."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pipe one's eye"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to weep (expressions related to a pipe or pipes only) — see also weep",
          "word": "pillittää"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pipe the eye"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "A metaphor alluding to the boatswain's pipe, which calls to duty.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pipes the eye",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piping the eye",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piped the eye",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piped the eye",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "pipe the eye (third-person singular simple present pipes the eye, present participle piping the eye, simple past and past participle piped the eye)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English idioms",
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        "English multiword terms",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1845, Thomas Hood, Faithless Sally Brown",
          "text": "He first began to eye his pipe, / And then to pipe his eye.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To weep."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "weep"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, idiomatic) To weep."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pipe one's eye"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to weep (expressions related to a pipe or pipes only) — see also weep",
      "word": "pillittää"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pipe the eye"
}

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"pipe the eye" meaning in English

Verb

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