pie
pie S2 /paɪ/
noun [uncountable and countable]
1. fruit baked inside a pastry covering
slice/piece of pie
Would you like another piece of apple pie?
2. British English meat or vegetables baked inside a pastry or potato covering:
I had steak and kidney pie with chips.
3. slice/share/piece of the pie a share of something such as money, profits etc:
The smaller companies want a bigger share of the pie.
4. pie in the sky something good that someone says will happen, but which you think is impossible or unlikely:
Hope of a cure is just pie in the sky. ⇨ mud pie, pie chart, ⇨ easy as pie at easy1(1), ⇨ eat humble pie at humble1(6), ⇨ have a finger in every pie at finger1(7), ⇨ be as nice as pie at nice(11)
pie S2 /paɪ/
noun [uncountable and countable] Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Perhaps from pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ magpie); because the different things in a pie are like the different things a magpie collects
Origin: Perhaps from pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ magpie); because the different things in a pie are like the different things a magpie collects
1. fruit baked inside a pastry covering
slice/piece of pie
2. British English meat or vegetables baked inside a pastry or potato covering:
3. slice/share/piece of the pie a share of something such as money, profits etc:
4. pie in the sky something good that someone says will happen, but which you think is impossible or unlikely: