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Meaning of "pied" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PIED

From pie²; an allusion to the magpie's black-and-white colouring.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PIED

pied  [paɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pied is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PIED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pied

Piebald

A piebald or pied animal is one that has a spotting pattern of large unpigmented, usually white, areas of hair, feathers, or scales and normally pigmented patches, generally black. The colour of the animal's skin underneath its coat is also pigmented under the dark patches and unpigmented under the white patches. This alternating colour pattern is irregular and asymmetrical. Animals with this pattern may include horses, dogs, birds, cats, pigs, and cattle, as well as snakes such as the ball python. Some animals also exhibit colouration of the irises of the eye that match the surrounding skin. The underlying genetic cause is related to a condition known as leucism.

Definition of pied in the English dictionary

The definition of pied in the dictionary is having markings of two or more colours.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIED


applied
əˈplaɪd
certified
ˈsɜːtɪˌfaɪd
classified
ˈklæsɪˌfaɪd
decide
dɪˈsaɪd
guide
ɡaɪd
hide
haɪd
Hyde
haɪd
I´d
aɪd
identified
aɪˈdentɪˌfaɪd
inside
ˈɪnˈsaɪd
modified
ˈmɒdɪfaɪd
outside
ˌaʊtˈsaɪd
pride
praɪd
provide
prəˈvaɪd
ride
raɪd
side
saɪd
slide
slaɪd
tried
traɪd
wide
waɪd
worldwide
ˈwɜːldˈwaɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIED

pieces
pieces of eight
piecewise
piecewise function
piecework
pieceworker
piecrust
piecrust table
pied flycatcher
Pied Piper
Pied Piper of Hamelin
pied shag
pied wagtail
pied-billed grebe
pied-piping
piedfort
piedmont
Piedmontese
piedmontite
piedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIED

accompanied
carried
deep-fried
denied
dried
fried
implied
married
notified
qualified
replied
satisfied
simplified
specified
studied
supplied
tied
unified
verified
worried

Synonyms and antonyms of pied in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PIED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pied» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pied

Translation of «pied» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIED

Find out the translation of pied to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pied from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pied» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

花衣服
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pied
570 millions of speakers

English

pied
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विचित्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بييه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пестрый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pied
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিত্রবিচিত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pied
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpura-pura
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pied
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

通り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

얼룩덜룩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pied
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sặc sở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பல வண்ணங்களால் ஆன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दृष्टीक्षेप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alaca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pied
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przystanią
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

строкатий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pied
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βάση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pied
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pied
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pied
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pied

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIED»

The term «pied» is very widely used and occupies the 9.650 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pied» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pied» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pied

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIED»

Discover the use of pied in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pied and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pied Piper
'Mr Shute not only writes vividly and excitingly of occupied France, but with a delightful understanding of children' Sunday Times John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to France.
Nevil Shute, 2009
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A Pied Noir Cookbook: French Sephardic Cuisine from Algeria
This unique cookbook relates the story of the Pied Noir or 'Black feet', Sephardic Jews from the North African nation of Algeria.
Chantal Clabrough, 2005
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A Pied Cloak: Memoirs of a Colonial Police Officer (special ...
Exploring the intrigue and brutality of the officer's position, the book provides insight into security force operations.
Derek Peter Franklin, 1996
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On Pied-Piping: Wh-Movement and Beyond
On Pied-Piping argues that this assessment is not correct. The book presents a compilation of crosslinguistic generalizations on pied-piping and a theory that derives them.
Fabian Heck, 2008
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Pied Piper
When children carrying musical instruments begin to follow Piper around everywhere she goes, arriving uninvited at Halliwell Manor, the Charmed Ones must risk everything to save the innocent youngsters from an unknown evil.
Debbie Viguié, Constance M. Burge, 2004
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Pied Piper: The Many Lives of Noah Greenberg
In Pied Piper, James Gollin not only relates Greenberg's tragically short, but highly colorful life story, but he sets the man in the rich context of America's rise to postwar political and cultural prominence."--BOOK JACKET.
James Gollin, 2001
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The Proverbial "Pied Piper": A Festschrift Volume of Essays ...
With more than one hundred-fifty books and three hundred published articles on proverb studies that have attracted wide attention of folklorists around the world, it is little wonder that international scholars look upon Wolfgang Mieder as ...
Kevin J. McKenna, 2009
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Return of the Pied Piper of Hamelin
Twenty-five years later, somewhere in a beautiful country near the mountains, you could hear a strange sound somewhere in the mountains. Pied Piper came out a door on the mountainside.
Gene W. Zepp, 2011
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The pied piper: a handbook
Overviews the history of the Pied Piper legend and discusses its lasting significance in literature, art, popular culture, and political criticism.
Wolfgang Mieder, 2007
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The town of Hamelin has rats everywhere. Along comes a strange piper who says he can charm the rates away. Can he do it?
Jill McDougall, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pied is used in the context of the following news items.
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Small Miracles to host Pie in the Sky fundraiser
The 22 volunteers, known as “Pie Troopers,” will be pied based on the amount of funds donated to Small Miracles in their names. Pie Troopers ... «Kingsport Times News, Jul 15»
2
Just for Laughs: Yes, the actors are just like their Silicon Valley alter …
“Some of us are not that dissimilar from our characters,” declared Miller, who plays Erlich Bachman, the obnoxious but devoted mentor to Pied ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Lambert novel to Aardvark
... stay, and with the help of Engel and Crane, begins to care for them – and others who soon follow them, in a strange Pied Piper-ish reversal. «The Bookseller, Jul 15»
4
Pete McGrath makes all the right moves for Fermanagh
With each passing victory, evergreen Pete McGrath becomes more like the pied piper and the Fermanagh team is certainly dancing to his tune. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
5
Young Gloucester skipper steering his way through international …
At 12-years-old Gannon Troutman has steered his team, Pied Piper ... a successful skipper in international sailboat racing with his crew Pied ... «Daily Press, Jul 15»
6
Opinion: Trump Is Latest Pied Piper Of Dog Whistle Politics
Malcom X would often say, "Racism is like a Cadillac, they bring out a new model every year." However, for many Mexican-Americans and to ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
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Un Marocain fait le tour de l'Afrique à pied
Pendant 170 jours, Othmane Zolati a fait le tour d'Afrique à pied. A peine rentré, il publie une vidéo de son périple. Maroc, Mauritanie, Sénégal ... «Telquel.ma, Jul 15»
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Arnold Salzberg, HB, MD: The Pied Piper of MCV
Arnold Salzberg, HB, MD: The Pied Piper of MCV. by Dan W. Parrish, MD, Jeffrey H. Haynes, MD and Charles E. Bagwell, MD. [The following is an excerpted ... «General Surgery News, Jul 15»
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The Pied Piper of Shelburne
I am another victim of Shelburne's own Pied Piper, Jan (pronounced yän) Leja. Like the infamous Pied Piper of Hamelin, Jan has a way of ... «Shelburne News, Jul 15»
10
Actor Julia Roberts lists $6 million Manhattan pied-a-terre
Actor Julia Roberts is reportedly spending more time in Los Angeles and is parting with her east coast home. However, the Oscar winner is ... «Domain News, Jul 15»

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