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Piece

noun

1.

A separate part of a whole.

2.

An item that is an instance of some type. "She bought a lovely piece of china"

3.

A portion of a natural object. Synonym: part. "He needed a piece of granite"

4.

A musical work that has been created. Synonyms: composition, musical composition, opus, piece of music.

5.

An instance of some kind. Synonym: bit. "He had a bit of good luck"

6.

An artistic or literary composition. "The children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"

7.

A portable gun. Synonyms: firearm, small-arm.

8.

A serving that has been cut from a larger portion. Synonym: slice. "A slice of bread"

9.

A distance.

10.

A work of art of some artistic value. Synonyms: art object, objet d'art. "It is not known who created this piece"

11.

A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition. Synonyms: patch, spell, while. "I need to rest for a piece" , "A spell of good weather" , "A patch of bad weather"

12.

A share of something. Synonym: slice.

13.

Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games. Synonym: man. "He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"

verb

(past & past part. pieced; pres. part. piecing)

1.

To join or unite the pieces of. Synonym: patch.

2.

Create by putting components or members together. Synonyms: assemble, put together, set up, tack, tack together. "He tacked together some verses" , "They set up a committee"

3.

Join during spinning.

4.

Eat intermittently; take small bites of. Synonyms: nibble, pick. "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

5.

Repair by adding pieces. Synonym: patch.

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"Piece" Quotes from Famous Books

... recommend it as a little piece of England—the island on which it stands is about the size of Great Britain—but no England is set in any such seas or so fully charged with the mystery of the larger ocean beyond. The high, still twilights along the beaches are out of the old East just under ...

— Letters of Travel (1892-1913) • Rudyard Kipling

... Mrs. Sclater's first piece of business the following morning was to take Gibbie to the most fashionable tailor in the city, and have him measured for such clothes as she judged suitable for a gentleman's son. As they went through the streets, going and returning, the handsome lady walking with the youth in the ...

— Sir Gibbie • George MacDonald

... in the person of Talbot Hayes, was more communicative—in a flatteringly confidential undertone. A long talk with him had cheered her considerably; and on Monday she was still further cheered by a piece of news her daughter casually let fall at breakfast, between the ...

— Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India • Maud Diver

... over, declining to sell. As business failed, I was more and more at leisure, and much in the company of my cousin, whom to-day I disliked, and tomorrow thought the most amusing and agreeable of companions. He taught me to shoot ducks at League Island, and chose a good fowling-piece for me. ...

— Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker • S. Weir Mitchell

... it either scattered and injured many or else it lodged in a solitary man and blew a big piece out of him. ...

— Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; - or, Leagued Against the James Boys • "Noname"

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