piece
v.
join parts together, attach segments
n.
slice; part; segment; tool; creation, work; coin
Piece
piece
Noun
1. a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"
(hypernym) part, portion
(hyponym) piece of cloth, piece of material
(derivation) patch
2. an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
(hypernym) item
3. a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
(synonym) part
(hypernym) thing
(hyponym) body part
(part-holonym) unit, building block
4. a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
(synonym) musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music
(hypernym) music
(hyponym) morceau
(part-meronym) finale, coda
5. an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"
(synonym) bit
(hypernym) case, instance, example
6. an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
(hypernym) creation
(hyponym) article
7. a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
(synonym) firearm, small-arm
(hypernym) gun
(hyponym) autoloader, self-loader
(part-meronym) firing pin
8. a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread"
(synonym) slice
(hypernym) helping, portion, serving
(hyponym) cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop
(derivation) nibble, pick
9. a distance; "it is down the road a piece"
(hypernym) distance
10. a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"
(synonym) objet d'art, art object
(hypernym) work of art
(hyponym) virtu
11. a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
(synonym) while, spell, patch
(hypernym) time
(hyponym) cold spell, cold snap
12. a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"
(synonym) slice
(hypernym) share, portion, part, percentage
13. game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
(synonym) man
(hypernym) game equipment
(hyponym) black
Verb
1. to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
(synonym) patch
(hypernym) join, conjoin
(hyponym) vamp, vamp up
2. make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"
(synonym) assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together
(hypernym) join, bring together
(hyponym) confect, confection, comfit
3. join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
(hypernym) splice
4. eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
(synonym) nibble, pick
(hypernym) eat
(derivation) slice
5. repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
(synonym) patch
(hypernym) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
pièce (f)
n.
room; piece, bit; play, production
Piece
(v. t.)
To unite; to join; to combine.
(v. t.)
To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out.
(v. i.)
To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.
(n.)
One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.
(n.)
Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single effort of a series; a definite performance
(n.)
An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt.
(n.)
A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece.
(n.)
A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary.
(n.)
A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces.
(n.)
A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of knowledge.
(n.)
A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.
(n.)
A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied specifically to an English gold coin worth 22 shillings.
(n.)
A castle; a fortified building.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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