

pie
1 [pahy]
| 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. |
| 5. | pizza. |
| 6. | easy as pie, extremely easy or simple. |
| 7. | nice as pie, extremely well-behaved, agreeable, or the like: The children were nice as pie. |
| 8. | pie in the sky,
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1275–1325; ME, of obscure orig.

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pie 2 (pī) n. See magpie. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pīca.] |
pie 5 (pī) n. & v. Printing Variant of pi2. |
| PIE abbr. Proto-Indo-European |
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Pie
Pie\, n. [OE. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. Piggin.]1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie. 2. See Camp, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. Pie crust, the paste of a pie.Pie
Pie\, n. [F. pie, L. pica; cf. picus woodpecker, pingere to paint; the bird being perhaps named from its colors. Cf. Pi, Paint, Speight.]1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A magpie. (b) Any other species of the genus Pica, and of several allied genera. [Written also pye.] 2. (R. C. Ch.) The service book. 3. (Pritn.) Type confusedly mixed. See Pi. By cock and pie, an adjuration equivalent to "by God and the service book." --Shak. Tree pie (Zo["o]l.), any Asiatic bird of the genus Dendrocitta, allied to the magpie. Wood pie. (Zo["o]l.) See French pie, under French.Pie
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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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pie
dish made by lining a shallow container with pastry and filling the container with a sweet or savoury mixture. A top crust may be added; the pie is baked until the crust is crisp and the filling is cooked through. Pies have been popular in the United States since colonial times, so much so that apple pie has become symbolic of traditional American home cooking. The typical American pie is round, 8-10 inches (20-25 cm) in diameter, 2-3 inches (5-8 cm) thick, and usually contains a sweet filling of fruit, custard, or a pastry cream. Some American specialties are pecan pie, pumpkin custard pie (traditionally served on Thanksgiving Day), lemon pie with a soft meringue topping, and shoofly pie, a Pennsylvania Dutch (see Pennsylvania German) pie with a rich filling containing molasses.
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