Synonyms of the word

drainpipe

• n. A pipe connecting the drain to the gutter.

drain

• n. A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume.
• n. (chiefly Britain) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage)…
• n. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
• n. (vulgar) An act of urination.
• n. (electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
• n. (pinball) An outhole.
• v. (intransitive) To lose liquid.
• v. (intransitive) To flow gradually.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause liquid to flow out of.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
• v. (transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
• v. (transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To filter.
• v. (intransitive, pinball) To fall off the bottom of the playfield.

pipage

• n. Plumbing, a system of pipes.
• n. A charge made for piping a fluid from one place to another.

pipe

• n. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
• n. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
• n. Meanings relating to a container.
• n. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
• n. Meanings relating to a smoking implement.
• n. Meanings relating to computing.
• v. (intransitive) To play music on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
• v. (intransitive) To shout loudly and at high pitch.
• v. (intransitive) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
• v. (intransitive, metallurgy) Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
• v. (transitive) To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
• v. (transitive) To install or configure with pipes.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
• v. (transitive) To decorate with piping.
• v. (transitive) To dab away moisture from.
• v. (transitive, computing, chiefly Unix) To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another…
• v. (transitive, nautical) To signal or order by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
• v. (transitive, slang, dated) To see.

piping

• v. present participle of pipe.
• n. The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
• n. The sound of musical pipes.
• n. An act of making music or noise with pipes.
• n. A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
• n. An ornamentation on pastry edges and seams.
• n. An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
• n. Piped icing on a cake.
• n. (botany) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
• n. (botany) propagation by cuttings.
• adj. High-pitched.