B1verb · transitive · common

pie

pie · pies · pied · pieing

torten

To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protestTo hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).

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/paɪ/

» Does anyone want some more pie?

Möchte jemand noch etwas Torte? — Espi

Will jemand noch Kuchen? — Waldelfe

Кто-нибудь хочет ещё пирога? — ABChessel

Хто-небудь хоче ще пирога? — zaytsev126

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Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board.
torten
(transitive)To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
(UK, often, slang, transitive)To ignore (someone).

Examples

467 sentences

Does anyone want some more pie?
Хто-небудь хоче ще пирога? — zaytsev126
ruКто-нибудь хочет ещё пирога? — ABChessel
deMöchte jemand noch etwas Torte? — Espi
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What's your favorite kind of pie?
Який твій улюблений пиріг? — deniko
ruКакой у тебя любимый пирог? — odexed
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Who threw a pie at Tom?
Хто кинув у Тома тортом? — deniko
ruКто бросил в Тома пирог? — Balamax
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Tom had a piece of pie.
Том з'їв шматок пирога. — deniko
ruТом съел кусок пирога. — marafon
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Divide the pie into three pieces.
Поділи пиріг на три частини. — deniko
ruРаздели пирог на три части. — Wezel
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Translations

2 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to hit in the face with a pie:

Origin

From Middle English pye, pie, pey (“baked dish, filled pastry”), possibly attested earlier

From Middle English pye, pie, pey (“baked dish, filled pastry”), possibly attested earlier (c. 1199) in the surname Piehus (“pie-house?”). Further origin uncertain.

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Forms

pies, pieing, pied, pied

Base form	pie · to pie
3rd person singular	pies
Present participle	pieing
Past simple	pied
Past participle	pied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	pie
he, she, it	pies

Past simpleLesson

all persons

pied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have pied
he, she, it	has pied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will pie

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

piece of pie
apple pie
an apple pie
slice of pie
pie for dessert
pumpkin pie
apple pie for
some apple pie
likes apple pie
baked a pie
easy as pie
pie was delicious