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pie

/paɪ/

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

Examples :

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

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

Examples :

"My grandmother makes a delicious vegetable pie for dinner every Sunday. "

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(Northeastern US) A pizza.

Examples :

"My dad brought a delicious pie for lunch today. "

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

Examples :

"The pie of the class's fundraising money will be divided equally among the four charities. "

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(letterpress) A disorderly mess of spilt type.

Examples :

"The printer made a terrible pie of the school newspaper's layout. "

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An especially badly bowled ball.

Examples :

"The bowler threw a terrible pie of a ball, and it missed the pins completely. "

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A pie chart.

Examples :

"The pie chart showed that 60% of students chose math as their favorite subject. "

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Examples :

"I saw a doctor to examine the area around her pie. "

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

Examples :

"The students pie'd the teacher for pulling their class out of recess early. "

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

Examples :

"The student cautiously pied the corner of the hallway, looking both ways before proceeding. "

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

Examples :

"The teacher's confusing instructions on the project pie'd the students' understanding of the assignment. "

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Examples :

"The pie was very noisy as it chattered excitedly about the new student. "

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

Examples :

"The vendor gave me 100 pies for my lunch money. "

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