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pied

/paɪd/

piedadjective

pieder

Comp.

piedest

Super.

/paɪd/

Translations

пёстрый

The pied bird stood out among the flock.

Пёстрая птица выделялась среди стаи.

Additional translations

разноцветный

Definitions

Having two or more different colors, typically in blotches.

The pied horse stood out in the field with its striking patches of black and white.

Synonyms

pinoun

Definitions

The sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, represented as Π in uppercase and π in lowercase.

"Pi" is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

A mathematical constant approximately equal to 3.14159, representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

The value of pi is crucial in calculations involving circles and spheres.

Printer's type that has been accidentally mixed together and become jumbled.

The compositor cursed when the tray of type fell to the floor and turned into pi.

pienoun

Definitions

A baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry.

She baked a delicious apple pie for dessert.

A whole that can be divided into parts, often used metaphorically to describe a share or portion of something.

Each department wants a bigger piece of the budget pie.

Printing, dated: an accidental or deliberate jumbled mixture of pieces of movable type.

When the galley slipped from his hands, the compositor was left with a heap of pie to sort through.

pieverb

pied

Past Simple

pied

Past Simple

pied

Past Participle

pieing

Gerund

/paɪ/

Definitions

To hit or cover (a person) in the face with a pie, especially for comic effect or as a form of protest.

During the rally, an activist pied the politician as a stunt.

Synonyms

hit (with a pie)

piverb

pied

Past Simple

pied

Past Simple

pied

Past Participle

piing

Gerund

Printing term meaning to jumble or mix up type; now chiefly historical.

Definitions

To jumble or mix up printer's type accidentally.

The apprentice accidentally pied three pages of type.

piadjective

Definitions

(British informal) Self-righteously or smugly pious.

He adopted a rather pi attitude, lecturing everyone on morality.

pieadjective

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of a pie; used before another noun to denote association with pie.

She prepared the pie filling and set it aside in a pie dish.