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PIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
Synonyms:
PIE; Proto-Indo European
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("PIE" is a kind of...):
Indo-European; Indo-European language; Indo-Hittite (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("pie" is a kind of...):
pastry (any of various baked foods made of dough or batter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pie"):
tart (a small open pie with a fruit filling)
cobbler; deep-dish pie (a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit)
shoofly pie (open pie filled with a mixture of sweet crumbs and molasses)
mince pie (pie containing mincemeat)
apple pie (pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar)
lemon meringue pie (pie containing lemon custard and topped with meringue)
blueberry pie (pie containing blueberries and sugar)
rhubarb pie (pie containing diced rhubarb and much sugar)
pecan pie (pie made of pecans and sugar and corn syrup and butter and eggs)
pumpkin pie (pie made of mashed pumpkin and milk and eggs and sugar)
squash pie (similar to pumpkin pie but made with winter squash instead of pumpkin)
patty (small pie or pasty)
meat pie (pie made with meat or fowl enclosed in pastry or covered with pastry or biscuit dough)
Context examples:
The hunters have experimented and practised with their rifles and shotguns till they are satisfied, and the boat-pullers and steerers have made their spritsails, bound the oars and rowlocks in leather and sennit so that they will make no noise when creeping on the seals, and put their boats in apple-pie order—to use Leach’s homely phrase.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It was now the middle of June, and the weather fine; and Mrs. Elton was growing impatient to name the day, and settle with Mr. Weston as to pigeon-pies and cold lamb, when a lame carriage-horse threw every thing into sad uncertainty.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Five little fiddlers played as loudly as possible, and the people were laughing and singing, while a big table near by was loaded with delicious fruits and nuts, pies and cakes, and many other good things to eat.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
On one side was a table occupied by some chattering girls, cutting up silk and gold paper; and on the other were tressels and trays, bending under the weight of brawn and cold pies, where riotous boys were holding high revel; the whole completed by a roaring Christmas fire, which seemed determined to be heard, in spite of all the noise of the others.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The researchers pre-exposed groups of rats to either a low or high dose of the probiotic medicine for two weeks before their diet was changed from healthy chow to cafeteria-style food (including cookies, cakes and meat pies).
(Probiotics May Not Always Be A Silver Bullet for Better Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
I merely provided a pair of soles, a small leg of mutton, and a pigeon-pie.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
You have a lot of brilliant energy in one little slice of the pizza pie (your solar horoscope) in the area ruling your home and family.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Meg had a quiet rapture, and then brooded over the letter, while Jo set the sickroom in order, and Hannah "knocked up a couple of pies in case of company unexpected".
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I have served under Sir Thomas de Bray, who was as jolly as a pie, and a lusty swordsman until he got too fat for his harness.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Squire, said he, when Dance has had his ale he must, of course, be off on his Majesty's service; but I mean to keep Jim Hawkins here to sleep at my house, and with your permission, I propose we should have up the cold pie and let him sup.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
