pie
1a 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.
Idioms about pie
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.
Origin of pie
1Other words from pie
- pielike, adjective
Words Nearby pie
Other definitions for pie (2 of 6)
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2Other definitions for pie (3 of 6)
Other definitions for pie (4 of 6)
or pye
(in England before the Reformation) a book of ecclesiastical rules for finding the particulars of the service for the day.
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4Other definitions for pie (5 of 6)
a former bronze coin of India, the 12th part of an anna.
Origin of pie
5- Compare naya paisa, paisa, pice (def. 1).
Other definitions for PIE (6 of 6)
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How to use pie in a sentence
A lot of times, somebody’s “secret family recipe” for pumpkin pie is just the recipe off the back of the can of Libby’s pumpkin puree.
The Joy of Cooking Other People’s ‘Secret Family Recipes’ | Amy McCarthy | September 11, 2020 | EaterOthers, fearing the potential for super-spreaders to hide among the pie stands and farm rows, worry that travelers could bring a second wave of infections to their doorsteps.
With about 79% of private employers with 500 or more employees self-funding their health-care benefits, Verily is betting it can grab a piece of a very large pie.
Alphabet’s Verily plans to use big data to help employers predict health insurance costs | Rachel Schallom | August 25, 2020 | FortuneThe pie is not fixed, and our interactions may be more positive-sum than not.
The Deck Is Not Rigged: Poker and the Limits of AI | Maria Konnikova | August 7, 2020 | Singularity Hub“Screaming, marching and signs are not the whole pie,” he said.
Morning Report: Police Reformers Are Coming for MTS | Voice of San Diego | June 25, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
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.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History | Marlow Stern | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis 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.
12 Thanksgiving Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work | DailyBurn | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnother 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.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensI want Mis' Calvert to taste it, an' when she does she'll say she never knew before what cherry pie could be!
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondMis' Spencer, you set that cherry pie o' yourn on this particular spot an' figure of this table-cloth!
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondI dont think much of this jam pie, complained Chet, holding up a wedge that he had taken from his sisters basket.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonTessa was shallow and she sighed and asked her if she would take apple pie.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
British Dictionary definitions for pie (1 of 6)
/ (paɪ) /
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 sky illusory hope or promise of some future good; false optimism
Origin of pie
1British Dictionary definitions for pie (2 of 6)
/ (paɪ) /
an archaic or dialect name for magpie
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2British Dictionary definitions for pie (3 of 6)
/ (paɪ) /
printing a variant spelling of pi 2
British Dictionary definitions for pie (4 of 6)
/ (paɪ) /
a very small former Indian coin worth one third of a pice
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4British Dictionary definitions for pie (5 of 6)
pye
/ (paɪ) /
history a book for finding the Church service for any particular day
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5British Dictionary definitions for pie (6 of 6)
/ (paɪ) /
be pie on NZ informal to be keen on
Origin of pie
6Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with pie
In addition to the idiom beginning with pie
- pie in the sky
also see:
- apple-pie order
- easy as pie
- eat crow (humble pie)
- finger in the pie
- slice of the pie
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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