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.
pizza.
Idioms for 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.
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|Eater
Others, 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.
Pick Your Poison|Nick Mancall-Bitel|September 3, 2020|Eater
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|Fortune
The 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
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|DAILY BEAST
Another vital way to expand the pie is to collaborate with industry partners.
The Latest in High-Tech Chips||September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The, um, pie was expanding to be sure, but there were a lot more people angling to get a slice of it.
The Cupcake Boom’s Sugar High Finally Crashes|Daniel Gross|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He shifts the lens from overall wealth (how big is the pie) to distribution (how big are the pieces).
How to Think About Economic Inequality After Thomas Piketty|Jedediah Purdy|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That ate up about $160 of your $1,000—a smaller piece of the pie than last year.
Here’s Where Your Tax Dollars Go|CNBC|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pie could have closed his eyes in peace if he had seen his daughter married to so decent a man and so good a joiner as Sleeny.
The Bread-winners|John Hay
Place lattice fashion over the tops of the pie and wash with water and bake in a hot oven for forty-five minutes.
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book|Mary A. Wilson
To ascertain if the pie is done, lift up with a fork a little of the paste, at one side, and try it low down in the pot.
Miss Leslie's New Cookery Book|Eliza Leslie
A pie is a topographic mark; it shows where government land ends.
Roy Blakeley's Motor Caravan|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
After blinking around for half a day he went down town, and when he came home to supper he was as good-natured as pie.
Witty Pieces by Witty People|Various
British Dictionary definitions for pie (1 of 6)
pie1
/ (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
Word Origin for pie
C14: of obscure origin
British Dictionary definitions for pie (2 of 6)
pie2
/ (paɪ) /
noun
an archaic or dialect name for magpie
Word Origin for pie
C13: via Old French from Latin pīca magpie; related to Latin pīcus woodpecker
British Dictionary definitions for pie (3 of 6)
pie3
/ (paɪ) /
noun, verb
printing a variant spelling of pi 2
British Dictionary definitions for pie (4 of 6)
pie4
/ (paɪ) /
noun
a very small former Indian coin worth one third of a pice
Word Origin for pie
C19: from Hindi pā'ī, from Sanskrit pādikā a fourth
British Dictionary definitions for pie (5 of 6)
pie5
pye
/ (paɪ) /
noun
historya book for finding the Church service for any particular day