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pipes the eye

pipes the eye is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pipe the eye.

Meaning of pipe the eye

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)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To weep.
    • He first began to eye his pipe, / And then to pipe his eye.a. 1845, Thomas Hood, Faithless Sally Brown

Questions about pipes the eye

What is pipes the eye the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pipes the eye is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pipe the eye.

Words near pipes the eye in the dictionary

  1. pipes in
  2. pipes of Pan
  3. pipes of peace
  4. pipes off
  5. pipes one's eye
  6. pipes the eye
  7. pipes the side
  8. pipes up
  9. Pipeses
  10. pipesful
  11. pipesmanship

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