Piped

It was pleasant to breathe the balmy air; you might have fancied that the rivers were asleep so slowly and silently did they flow along, while the breezes sighed and piped as they breathed through the branches of the pines.

But now their gratitude and joy were extravagant; they sprang about, like young dogs just let loose from their kennels; they piped, they sang; and they wrestled together in imitation of their goats and rams.

I was near you, when you sat beneath those beech-trees, and piped and sang the praises of your sweetheart Amaryllis: I was close to the damsel, but you could not discern me. I gave her to you, and some brave boys, who are now excellent husbandmen and herdsmen, are the pledges of your love.

Daphnis swam in the rivers, and Chloe bathed in the springs; he piped, vying with the zephyrs that breathed through the pines, whilst she sang, emulating the nightingales with her melody.

Algerians have piped water.

"Well, now that you mention it," my sister piped up, "I've been feeling nervous for a while and I don't really know why..."

"I don't like Nan's cooking," grumbled Mary. "What?" piped up Grandad, his hackles raised. "Time was when we'd have been glad to get such a lovely bit of grub each day!"

She piped delicate flowers on the cake with icing.

She piped intricate designs on the cake with icing.

She piped decorative borders on the cake with icing.