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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 2.
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 for
pie
1/ paɪ /
noun
- a baked food consisting of a sweet or savoury filling in a pastry-lined dish, often covered with a pastry crust
- have a finger in the pie
- to have an interest in or take part in some activity
- to meddle or interfere
- pie in the skyillusory hope or promise of some future good; false optimism
pie
2/ paɪ /
adjective
- be pie on informal.to be keen on
pie
3/ paɪ /
noun
- a very small former Indian coin worth one third of a pice
pie
4/ paɪ /
noun
- printing a variant spelling of pi 2
pie
5/ paɪ /
noun
- history a book for finding the Church service for any particular day
pie
6/ paɪ /
noun
- an archaic or dialect name for magpie
Other Words From
- pielike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pie1
Origin of pie2
Origin of pie3
Origin of pie4
Word History and Origins
Origin of pie1
Origin of pie2
Origin of pie3
Origin of pie4
Origin of pie5
Idioms and Phrases
- easy as pie, extremely easy or simple.
- nice as pie, extremely well-behaved, agreeable, or the like:
The children were nice as pie.
- 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.
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 .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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