pie: Meaning and Definition of

pie

Pronunciation: (pī), [key]
— n.
  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. extremely easy or simple.
  7. extremely well-behaved, agreeable, or the like: The children were nice as pie.
  8. Political promises are often 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.

pie

Pronunciation: (pī), [key]
— n.
  1. magpie.

pie

Pronunciation: (pī), [key]
— pied, pie•ing.
  1. pi.

pie

Pronunciation: (pī), [key]
— n.
  1. (in England before the Reformation) a book of ecclesiastical rules for finding the particulars of the service for the day.

pie

Pronunciation: (pī), [key]
— n.
  1. a former bronze coin of India, the 12th part of an anna. Cf.

PIE

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. Proto-Indo-European.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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  • pie (Thesaurus)