pie S2 /paɪ/ BrE AmE 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 ]
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 ↑ easy 1 (1), ⇨ eat humble pie at ↑ humble 1 (6), ⇨ have a finger in every pie at ↑ finger 1 (7), ⇨ be as nice as pie at ↑ nice (11)