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pie1 definition

pie (pī)

noun

  1. a baked dish made with fruit, meat, etc., and having either an under crust, an upper crust, or both
  2. a layer cake with a filling of custard, cream, jelly, etc.
  3. ☆ Slang
    1. something extremely good or easy
    2. political graft
    3. a total amount to be divided in shares

Etymology: ME, akin ? to pie

pie Idioms

(as) easy as pie

Informal extremely easy
pie2 definition

pie (pī)

noun, transitive verb

Brit. pi

Etymology: < ? pie

pie3 definition

pie (pī)

noun

magpie

Etymology: OFr < L pica, magpie, akin to picus, woodpecker < IE base *(s)piko-, woodpecker > Ger specht

pie4 definition

pie (pī)

noun

in England, a form or table of rules used before the Reformation in selecting the correct church service or office for the day

Etymology: transl. of ML(Ec) pica, prob. < or akin to pie

PIE definition

PIE

Proto-Indo-European

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