verb Download 🔗Share To spill or mix printing type. Examples : "The apprentice pied the font case, scattering all the metal letters across the floor. " type writing technical industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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." food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling. Examples : "For dinner, we had shepherd's pies topped with mashed potatoes. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Northeastern US) A pizza. Examples : "We ordered three pies from the local pizzeria for the family dinner. " food area Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts. Examples : ""Before the company meeting, the manager explained how the pies of available budget would be allocated to each department." " economy business finance asset Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (letterpress) A disorderly mess of spilt type. Examples : "After the clumsy apprentice bumped the type tray, the printing shop floor was covered in pies, a jumbled mess of metal letters. " type writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An especially badly bowled ball. Examples : ""The bowler threw two pies in a row, both landing nowhere near the wickets." " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A pie chart. Examples : "The teacher used three pies to show how the students voted for their favorite school trip: one for the zoo, one for the museum, and one for the aquarium. " math statistics figure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing). Examples : "The comedian pies the audience member for a laugh. " entertainment action culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner. Examples : "The cautious mouse pies around the corner of the pantry, hoping to find a crumb. " action way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of printing types) To reduce to confusion; to jumble. Examples : "The energetic puppy jumped onto the table and pied all the carefully arranged letters, scattering them across the floor. " type language writing communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Magpie. Examples : "Several pies flew into the garden and started squawking loudly. " animal bird nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a rupee or 1/12 of an anna. Examples : ""Even in olden times, items were so cheap that children could buy candy for just a few pies." " economy finance business value Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading