dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
"My grandmother served warm apple pie topped with a flaky crust alongside the vanilla ice cream."
a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
"Linguists believe Proto-Indo-European, often referred to as PIE, is the ancestral tongue from which nearly every modern European and many Asian languages descended."
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling.
"The old beggar counted his meager earnings in tiny pies, knowing each one was only a fraction of a rupee."
Magpie.
The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to ¹⁄₁₉₂ of a rupee or ¹⁄₁₂ of an anna.
In plain English: A pie is an open-faced pastry dish with a filling of sweet fruit, savory meat, vegetables, or other ingredients baked inside.
"We baked an apple pie for dessert after dinner."
Usage: Use "pie" to refer specifically to the sweet or savory baked dish made with dough and filling, not as slang for currency in South Asia or the act of hitting someone's face. This word is distinct from similar desserts like tarts because it typically features an outer crust that may be fully enclosed around a fruit, meat, or vegetable mixture.
To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
"The crowd cheered when they threw wet pies at the politician during his speech."
In plain English: To pie something means to cover it completely with layers of pastry dough and filling, usually by baking it until hot and tasty.
"She decided to pie her face with cream after applying too much makeup."
Initialism of Proto-Indo-European.
"The etymology of PIE is pie, which stands for Proto-Indo-European."
The word "pie" comes from Middle English, where it originally meant a baked dish or filled pastry. While its exact ancient roots remain unclear, the term was likely in use by at least 1199, possibly appearing first as part of the surname Piehus.