1. (noun)piece a separatepart of a whole "an important piece of the evidence"
2. (noun)piece an item that is an instance of some type "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
3. (noun)part, piece a portion of a naturalobject "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
4. (noun)musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music a musicalwork that has been created
"the composition is written in four movements"
5. (noun)piece, bit an instance of some kind "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"
6. (noun)piece an artistic or literary composition "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
7. (noun)firearm, piece, small-arm a portable gun
"he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
8. (noun)piece, slice a serving that has been cut from a larger portion "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread"
9. (noun)piece a distance "it is down the road a piece"
10. (noun)objet d'art, art object, piece a work of art of some artistic value "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"
11. (noun)while, piece, spell, patch 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"
12. (noun)slice, piece a share of something
"a slice of the company's revenue"
13. (noun)man, piece gameequipment 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"
14. (verb)patch, piece to join or unite the pieces of
"patch the skirt"
15. (verb)assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together create by putting components or members together
"She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
16. (verb)piece join during spinning "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
17. (verb)nibble, pick, piece eat intermittently; takesmall bites of
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
18. (verb)piece, patch repair by adding pieces
"She pieced the china cup"
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