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pie

1

[ pahy ]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. a layer cake with a filling of custard, cream jelly, or the like:

    chocolate cream pie.

  3. a total or whole that can be divided:

    They want a bigger part of the profit pie.

  4. an activity or affair:

    He has his finger in the political pie too.



pie

2

[ pahy ]

noun

pie

3

[ pahy ]

noun

, pied, pie·ing.
  1. a spelling variant of pi 2.

pie

4
or pye

[ pahy ]

noun

  1. (in England before the Reformation) a book of ecclesiastical rules for finding the particulars of the service for the day.

pie

5

[ pahy ]

noun

  1. a former bronze coin of India, the 12th part of an anna.

PIE

6

abbreviation for

pie

1

/ paɪ /

noun

  1. a baked food consisting of a sweet or savoury filling in a pastry-lined dish, often covered with a pastry crust
  2. have a finger in the pie
    1. to have an interest in or take part in some activity
    2. to meddle or interfere
  3. pie in the sky
    illusory hope or promise of some future good; false optimism
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pie

2

/ paɪ /

adjective

  1. be pie on informal.
    to be keen on
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pie

3

/ paɪ /

noun

  1. a very small former Indian coin worth one third of a pice
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pie

4

/ paɪ /

noun

  1. printing a variant spelling of pi 2
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pie

5

/ paɪ /

noun

  1. history a book for finding the Church service for any particular day
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pie

6

/ paɪ /

noun

  1. an archaic or dialect name for magpie
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Other Words From

  • pielike adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pie1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English pi(e), pey; of obscure origin

Origin of pie2

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English pi(e), peie, from Old French, from Latin pīca, akin to pīcus “woodpecker”

Origin of pie3

First recorded in 1470–80; translation of Latin pīca “magpie”; (the allusion is obscure); pica 1, pie 2

Origin of pie4

First recorded in 1855–60; from Hindi pāī “quarter, fourth part,” from Sanskrit pādikā; pada ( def ); pice ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pie1

C14: of obscure origin

Origin of pie2

from Māori pai ana

Origin of pie3

C19: from Hindi pā'ī, from Sanskrit pādikā a fourth

Origin of pie4

C15: from Medieval Latin pica almanac; see pica 1

Origin of pie5

C13: via Old French from Latin pīca magpie; related to Latin pīcus woodpecker
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. easy as pie, extremely easy or simple.
  2. nice as pie, extremely well-behaved, agreeable, or the like:

    The children were nice as pie.

  3. pie in the sky,
    1. the illusory prospect of future benefits:

      Political promises are often pie in the sky.

    2. a state of perfect happiness; utopia:

      to promise pie in the sky.

More idioms and phrases containing pie

In addition to the idiom beginning with pie , also see apple-pie order ; easy as pie ; eat crow (humble pie) ; finger in the pie ; slice of the pie .
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Example Sentences

The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.

Not enough black films are being made to warrant a piece of the pie.

This is a twist on a classic American pot pie but dressed up for company.

Think one small piece of pie or a half-cup of eggnog, says Zied, will do the trick.

Another vital way to expand the pie is to collaborate with industry partners.

Having achieved this feat he sighed again, and applied himself assiduously to the pie.

I want Mis' Calvert to taste it, an' when she does she'll say she never knew before what cherry pie could be!

Mis' Spencer, you set that cherry pie o' yourn on this particular spot an' figure of this table-cloth!

I dont think much of this jam pie, complained Chet, holding up a wedge that he had taken from his sisters basket.

Tessa was shallow and she sighed and asked her if she would take apple pie.

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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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