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Pied has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of pi

2

simple past tense and past participle of pie

Adjective
1

having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

"a jester dressed in motley"

"the painted desert"

"a particolored dress"

"a piebald horse"

"pied daisies"

2

Having two or more colors, especially black and white.

Example Sentences
"a jester dressed in motley" adjective
"the painted desert" adjective
"a particolored dress" adjective
"a piebald horse" adjective
"pied daisies" adjective
Related Terms

Origin

The word pied comes from the archaic English word pie, which referred to a magpie. This term traces its roots back through Old French and Latin to the original meaning of the bird.

Rhyming Words
ied lied fied tied died flied plied tried dried cried fried pried shied vbied spied skied lilied relied espied allied
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