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piece

/ piece /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
"a piece of pie"
"a slice of bread"
Type of:
helping portion serving
Kinds of:
cutlet scallop scollop escallop fillet
Derived:
slice slice up nibble pick
noun Sense 2
an instance of some kind
"it was a nice piece of work"
"he had a bit of good luck"
Type of:
case instance example
verb Sense 3
repair by adding pieces
"She pieced the china cup"
Type of:
repair mend fix
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 4
an artistic or literary composition
"he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"
"the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
Type of:
creation
Kinds of:
article morceau afterpiece fragment hiatus
noun Sense 5
a distance
"it is down the road a piece"
Type of:
distance
noun Sense 6
an item that is an instance of some type
"he designed a new piece of equipment"
"she bought a lovely piece of china";"
Type of:
item
noun Sense 7
a separate part of a whole
"an important piece of the evidence"
Type of:
part portion
Kinds of:
piece of cloth piece of material piece of leather scrap shard
Derived:
patch assemble put together set up tack
verb Sense 8
join during spinning
"piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
Type of:
splice
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 9
to join or unite the pieces of
"patch the skirt"
Type of:
join conjoin
Kinds of:
vamp vamp up
Derived:
mend patch darn patching
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Something ----s somebody Adjective/Noun
noun Sense 10
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"
Type of:
time
Kinds of:
cold spell cold snap hot spell snap
noun Sense 11
a share of something
"a slice of the company''s revenue"
Type of:
share portion part
noun Sense 12
a portion of a natural object
"they analyzed the river into three parts"
"he needed a piece of granite"
Type of:
thing
Kinds of:
body part corpus acicula base corner
Has parts:
unit building block
noun Sense 13
a portable gun
"he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
Type of:
gun
Kinds of:
autoloader self-loader machine gun muzzle loader pistol
noun Sense 14
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"
Type of:
game equipment
Kinds of:
black checker chessman chess piece white
verb Sense 15
make by putting pieces together
"She pieced a quilt"
"He tacked together some verses"
Opposites:
disassemble dismantle take apart break up break apart
Type of:
join bring together make
Kinds of:
confect confection comfit jumble confuse
Derived:
collection aggregation accumulation assemblage hookup
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 16
eat intermittently; take small bites of
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"
"She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
Type of:
eat
Derived:
slice nybble nibble nibbler
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 17
a work of art of some artistic value
"this store sells only objets d''art"
"it is not known who created this piece"
Type of:
work of art
Kinds of:
virtu
noun Sense 18
a musical work that has been created
"the composition is written in four movements"
Type of:
music
Kinds of:
morceau sheet music musical arrangement arrangement realization
Derived:
compose write
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
18
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
108
Times Searched
3
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helping portion serving cutlet scallop scollop escallop fillet case instance example repair