Pie Up

Pronunciation: /paɪ ʌp/

Definitions of pie up

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

Example Sentences

A1 I love eating pie up for dessert.

A2 She baked a delicious apple pie up for the bake sale.

B1 The bakery sold out of their famous cherry pie up within minutes.

B2 The pie up on display at the bakery looked incredibly tempting.

C1 The chef's specialty was a unique pie up made with exotic fruits.

C2 The competition was fierce to create the most innovative pie up recipe.

adverb to accumulate or increase in quantity or number

Example Sentences

A1 She baked a pie up for her family.

A2 He quickly whipped a pie up for dessert.

B1 I need to pie up the ingredients before I can start cooking.

B2 The chef was able to pie up a delicious dish in no time.

C1 The bakery was able to pie up a large order for the event.

C2 The pastry chef was known for his ability to pie up elaborate desserts.

Examples of pie up in a Sentence

formal The bakery decided to pie up their inventory in preparation for the holiday season.

informal I'm going to pie up on dessert tonight and have a slice of each kind.

slang Let's pie up on some snacks before the movie starts.

figurative She always tries to pie up on compliments to boost her self-esteem.

Grammatical Forms of pie up

• past tense: pied up
• plural: pies up
• comparative: more pie up
• superlative: most pie up
• present tense: pies up
• future tense: will pie up
• perfect tense: have pied up
• continuous tense: is pieing up
• singular: pie up
• positive degree: pie up
• infinitive: to pie up
• gerund: pieing up
• participle: pied up

Origin and Evolution of pie up

First Known Use: 1850 year

Language of Origin: English

Story behind the word: The term 'pie up' originated as a colloquial expression in British English.

Evolution of the word: Originally used to describe the act of piling up or stacking pies, the term 'pie up' has evolved to also mean to accumulate or gather a large quantity of something.