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pie
1[pahy]
noun
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust.
apple pie; meat pie.
a layer cake with a filling of custard, cream jelly, or the like.
chocolate cream pie.
a total or whole that can be divided.
They want a bigger part of the profit pie.
an activity or affair.
He has his finger in the political pie too.
pie
2[pahy]
noun
pie
3[pahy]
noun
a spelling variant of pi.
pie
4[pahy]
noun
(in England before the Reformation) a book of ecclesiastical rules for finding the particulars of the service for the day.
pie
5[pahy]
noun
a former bronze coin of India, the 12th part of an anna.
PIE
6abbreviation
pie
1/ 貹ɪ /
noun
a baked food consisting of a sweet or savoury filling in a pastry-lined dish, often covered with a pastry crust
to have an interest in or take part in some activity
to meddle or interfere
illusory hope or promise of some future good; false optimism
pie
2/ 貹ɪ /
noun
an archaic or dialect name for magpie
pie
3/ 貹ɪ /
noun
printing a variant spelling of pi 2
pie
4/ 貹ɪ /
noun
a very small former Indian coin worth one third of a pice
pie
5/ 貹ɪ /
noun
history a book for finding the Church service for any particular day
pie
6/ 貹ɪ /
adjective
informalto be keen on
Other 51Թ Forms
- pielike adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pie1
Origin of pie2
Origin of pie3
Origin of pie4
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pie1
Origin of pie2
Origin of pie3
Origin of pie4
Origin of pie5
Idioms and Phrases
pie in the sky,
the illusory prospect of future benefits.
Political promises are often pie in the sky.
a state of perfect happiness; utopia.
to promise pie in the sky.
easy as pie, extremely easy or simple.
nice as pie, extremely well-behaved, agreeable, or the like.
The children were nice as pie.
Example Sentences
Grave has long argued for a more even distribution of the pie.
"The pie is small and the crumbs left for dads and non-birthing parents are honestly pretty pitiful," he said.
The pie's filling consists of sliced rhubarb and strawberries cooked in granulated sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg, and a pinch of fine sea salt.
He added that he had gone through seven pairs of shoes during the challenge, eaten hundreds of pies and climbed "a bucket load of mountains".
"For ministers to say 'we expect them to do their duty, to do things properly' is just pie in the sky."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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