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pie

Pronunciation:/paɪ//paɪ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling.

    Example: The family had steak and kidney pie for dinner and cherry pie for dessert.

  2. Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.

    Example: Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.

  3. (Northeastern US) A pizza.

  4. The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.

verb

Definitions

  1. To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).

    Example: I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board.

  2. To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.

  3. (of printing types) To reduce to confusion; to jumble.

pie

Pronunciation:/paɪ//paɪ/

noun

Definitions

  1. The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a rupee or 1/12 of an anna.