a separate or limited portion or quantity of something

a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.

a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body

a nice piece of lumber.

a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole

to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces.

a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market

cloth sold by the piece.

an amount of work forming a single job

to be paid by the piece and not by the hour.

an example of workmanship, esp. of artistic production, as a picture or a statue

The museum has some interesting pieces by Picasso.

a literary composition, usually short, in prose or verse.

a literary selection for recitation

Each child had a chance to recite a piece.

a musical composition.

one of the parts that, when assembled, form a whole

the pieces of a clock.

an individual article of a set or collection

a set of dishes containing 100 pieces.

Chess, Checkers .

one of the figures, disks, blocks, or the like, of wood, ivory, or other material, used in playing, as on a board or table.

(in chess) a superior man, as distinguished from a pawn

to take a rook, a bishop, and other pieces.

a token, charm, or amulet

a good-luck piece.

an individual thing of a particular class or kind

a piece of furniture; a piece of drawing paper.

an example, specimen, or instance of something

a fine piece of workmanship.

one of the parts into which a thing is destructively divided or broken; a part, fragment, or shred

to tear a letter into pieces.

Military .

a soldier's rifle, pistol, etc.

a cannon or other unit of ordnance

field piece.

a coin

a five-cent piece.

Midland and Southern U.S. a distance

I'm going down the road a piece.

Chiefly North Midland U.S. a snack.

Also called piece of ass. Slang

Vulgar

coitus.

a person considered as a partner in coitus.

to mend (a garment, article, etc.) by adding, joining, or applying a piece or pieces; patch.

to complete, enlarge, or extend by an added piece or something additional (often fol. by out )

to piece out a library with new books.

to make by or as if by joining pieces (often fol. by together )

to piece a quilt; to piece together a musical program.

to join together, as pieces or parts

to piece together the fragments of a broken dish.

to join as a piece or addition to something

to piece new wire into the cable.

to assemble into a meaningful whole by combining available facts, information, details, etc.

He pieced the story together after a lot of effort.

Chiefly North Midland U.S. to eat small portions of food between meals; snack. ?

give someone a piece of one's mind. mind ( def. 35 ) .

go to pieces

to break into fragments.

to lose control of oneself; become emotionally or physically upset

When he flunked out of medical school he went to pieces.

of a piece, of the same kind; harmonious; consistent. Also

of one piece.

piece of the action. action ( def. 23 ) .

speak one's piece

to express one's opinion; reveal one's thoughts upon a subject

I decided to speak my piece whether they liked it or not.

noun

whole

verb

divide , separate

noun

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verb

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