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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, pieing.
  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

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abbreviation for

pie

1

/ ±è²¹Éª /

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

/ ±è²¹Éª /

noun

  1. an archaic or dialect name for magpie
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pie

3

/ ±è²¹Éª /

noun

  1. printing a variant spelling of pi 2
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pie

4

/ ±è²¹Éª /

noun

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

5

/ ±è²¹Éª /

noun

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

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/ ±è²¹Éª /

adjective

  1. be pie on informal.
    to be keen on
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog 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 ±èÄ«³¦²¹, akin to ±èÄ«³¦³Ü²õ “w´Ç´Ç»å±è±ð³¦°ì±ð°ùâ€

Origin of pie3

First recorded in 1470–80; translation of Latin ±èÄ«³¦²¹ “magpieâ€; (the allusion is obscure); pica 1, pie 2

Origin of pie4

First recorded in 1855–60; from Hindi ±èÄåÄ« “quarter, fourth part,†from Sanskrit ±èÄå»å¾±°ìÄå; pada ( def ); pice ( def )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pie1

C14: of obscure origin

Origin of pie2

C13: via Old French from Latin ±èÄ«³¦²¹ magpie; related to Latin ±èÄ«³¦³Ü²õ woodpecker

Origin of pie3

C19: from Hindi ±èÄå&#³æ27;Ä«, from Sanskrit ±èÄå»å¾±°ìÄå a fourth

Origin of pie4

C15: from Medieval Latin pica almanac; see pica 1

Origin of pie5

from MÄori pai ana
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Idioms and Phrases

  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

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It also works well in pies, tarts and even cakes.

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The castle’s subjects swirl about the grounds clutching deep-dish apple pies.

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A Scottish butcher's kebab pie has taken the top spot as "pie of pies" at the British Pie Awards.

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The pies have special protected geographical status, which means only producers using the traditional recipe and in the vicinity of the Melton Mowbray can use the Leicestershire town's name.

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From an economic perspective, he said, trade is supposed to increase the pie for everyone, but politics have created a lot of uncertainty.

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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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