piece

1 of 2

noun

ˈpēs

: a part of a whole: such as

: fragment

pieces of broken glass

: any of the individual members comprising a unit

—often used in combination

a five-piece banda three-piece suit

: portion, allocation

a piece of the jackpot

: an object or individual regarded as a unit of a kind or class

a piece of fruit

: a usually unspecified distance

down the road a piece

: a standard quantity (as of length, weight, or size) in which something is made or sold

: a literary, journalistic, artistic, dramatic, or musical composition

: firearm

: coin

also : token

: a movable object used in playing a board game

specifically : a chessman other than a pawn

: opinion, view

spoke his piece

vulgar : an act of copulation

vulgar : the female partner in sexual intercourse

: instance, example

silly piece of nonsense

a nice piece of acting

piece

2 of 2

verb

pieced; piecing

transitive verb

: to repair, renew, or complete by adding pieces : patch

: to join into a whole

—often used with together

his new book … has been pieced together from talks

Merle Miller

piecer noun

Example Sentences

Noun Divide the pie into six equal pieces. The cheese was cut into small pieces and arranged on a silver platter. You have a piece of lettuce stuck between your teeth. Her broken bicycle lay in pieces by the side of the road. I watched her rip the letter to pieces and throw it away. There are 12 pieces in this stainless steel knife set. a jigsaw puzzle with 500 pieces We're missing one piece of the puzzle. I took apart the engine piece by piece and put it back together again. Verb you might want to piece together a quilt from those odd patches of cloth See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece.

Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 19 July 2017 This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction.

Janine Barchas, Washington Post, 18 July 2017 Saturday evening, the British Broadcasting Corporation posted a piece about the ancient cypress forest discovered sixty feet underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, attracting the international attention.

Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 July 2017 After cutting your lemon (or lime) in half, cut a small piece of skin off of the other side.

Carly Breit, Country Living, 14 July 2017 The public offers a piece of its mind Mic's Celeste Katz discloses that Trump's controversial voter fraud panel won't let the public speak at its first meeting on July 19 but did solicit emails.

The Hive, 14 July 2017 Alan Jacobs, a professor at Baylor University, has written eloquently about that last piece.

Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017 For those not in the know, Polar Pizza involves a double fudge brownie crust and mint chocolate chip ice cream topped with Oreo cookie pieces.

Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017 His beautiful portrait of Ken Moody, one of an edition of ten, was on sale for £25,000 ($31,650), about five times the price of one of Ms Yass’s pieces.

The Economist, 13 July 2017

Verb

The team includes experts in animal necropsy, and investigators will also interview park officials to help piece together what happened to the tortoises, Ecuadoran prosecutors said.

Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 Nevertheless, her car was seen there about an hour and a half after leaving the gas station, leaving Alberta trying to piece together what happened that night.

Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2022 Investigators are working to piece together the fire’s origins.

Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022 Investigators are working to piece together a possible motive for the shooting, which has left questions over its location, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.

Travis Caldwell, CNN, 25 Mar. 2021 Escudero-Kontostathis is still trying to piece together parts of time missing from her memory, but remembers meeting and talking to the Muellers, who were visiting from Wisconsin, before they were all struck.

Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 To uncover the whole story, astronomers search for many disk-wreathed planetary systems at different stages of evolution, gathering multiple snapshots to piece together in a time line.

Briley Lewis, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2022 Detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, enters the picture and tries to piece together this curious case.

Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 30 June 2022 In this video, a group of law enforcement officers tries to piece together how events in the church played out.

Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022 See More

Kids Definition

piece 1 of 2

noun

ˈpēs

: a part cut, torn, or broken from something

a piece of pie

: one of a group, set, or mass of things

a piece of mail

a three-piece suit

: a portion marked off

a piece of land

: a single item or example

a piece of news

: a definite amount or size in which something is made or sold

a piece of paper

: something made or written

a piece of music

: a movable object used in playing a board game

a chess piece

: coin entry 1 sense 1

a fifty-cent piece

piece

2 of 2

verb

pieced; piecing

: to join into a whole : connect the parts or pieces of

I pieced a puzzle together.

单词	piece of the action
释义	piece 1 of 2 noun ˈpēs 1 : a part of a whole: such as a : fragment pieces of broken glass b : any of the individual members comprising a unit —often used in combination a five-piece banda three-piece suit c : portion, allocation a piece of the jackpot 2 : an object or individual regarded as a unit of a kind or class a piece of fruit 3 : a usually unspecified distance down the road a piece 4 : a standard quantity (as of length, weight, or size) in which something is made or sold 5 : a literary, journalistic, artistic, dramatic, or musical composition 6 : firearm 7 : coin also : token 8 : a movable object used in playing a board game specifically : a chessman other than a pawn 9 : opinion, view spoke his piece 10 a vulgar : an act of copulation b vulgar : the female partner in sexual intercourse 11 : instance, example silly piece of nonsense a nice piece of acting piece 2 of 2 verb pieced; piecing transitive verb 1 : to repair, renew, or complete by adding pieces : patch 2 : to join into a whole —often used with together his new book … has been pieced together from talks Merle Miller piecer noun Phrases of a piece : alike, consistent piece of one's mind : a severe scolding : tongue-lashing piece of the action : a share in activity or profit to pieces 1 : without reserve or restraint : completely 2 : into fragments also : into component parts 3 : out of control went to pieces from shock Synonyms Noun bit fraction fragment scrap Verb assemble build confect construct erect fabricate make make up put up raise rear set up See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun Divide the pie into six equal pieces. The cheese was cut into small pieces and arranged on a silver platter. You have a piece of lettuce stuck between your teeth. Her broken bicycle lay in pieces by the side of the road. I watched her rip the letter to pieces and throw it away. There are 12 pieces in this stainless steel knife set. a jigsaw puzzle with 500 pieces We're missing one piece of the puzzle. I took apart the engine piece by piece and put it back together again. Verb you might want to piece together a quilt from those odd patches of cloth See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece. Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 19 July 2017 This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction. Janine Barchas, Washington Post, 18 July 2017 Saturday evening, the British Broadcasting Corporation posted a piece about the ancient cypress forest discovered sixty feet underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, attracting the international attention. Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 July 2017 After cutting your lemon (or lime) in half, cut a small piece of skin off of the other side. Carly Breit, Country Living, 14 July 2017 The public offers a piece of its mind Mic's Celeste Katz discloses that Trump's controversial voter fraud panel won't let the public speak at its first meeting on July 19 but did solicit emails. The Hive, 14 July 2017 Alan Jacobs, a professor at Baylor University, has written eloquently about that last piece. Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017 For those not in the know, Polar Pizza involves a double fudge brownie crust and mint chocolate chip ice cream topped with Oreo cookie pieces. Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017 His beautiful portrait of Ken Moody, one of an edition of ten, was on sale for £25,000 ($31,650), about five times the price of one of Ms Yass’s pieces. The Economist, 13 July 2017 Verb The team includes experts in animal necropsy, and investigators will also interview park officials to help piece together what happened to the tortoises, Ecuadoran prosecutors said. Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 Nevertheless, her car was seen there about an hour and a half after leaving the gas station, leaving Alberta trying to piece together what happened that night. Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2022 Investigators are working to piece together the fire’s origins. Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022 Investigators are working to piece together a possible motive for the shooting, which has left questions over its location, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation. Travis Caldwell, CNN, 25 Mar. 2021 Escudero-Kontostathis is still trying to piece together parts of time missing from her memory, but remembers meeting and talking to the Muellers, who were visiting from Wisconsin, before they were all struck. Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 To uncover the whole story, astronomers search for many disk-wreathed planetary systems at different stages of evolution, gathering multiple snapshots to piece together in a time line. Briley Lewis, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2022 Detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig, enters the picture and tries to piece together this curious case. Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 30 June 2022 In this video, a group of law enforcement officers tries to piece together how events in the church played out. Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin pettia, of Gaulish origin; akin to Welsh peth* thing First Known Use Noun 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing piece a nasty piece of work a piece of junk a piece/slice/share of the pie companion piece give (someone) a piece of one's mind conversation piece how long is a piece of string fowling piece museum piece in one piece one-piece period piece piece by piece piece of cake piece goods piece of eight piece of one's mind piece of the puzzle piece of work think piece three-piece two-piece three-piece suite two-piece suit a piece of someone three-piece suit opinion piece piece-dye a piece of cake puff piece piece together set piece say one's piece of a piece piece of the action piece of shit See More a nasty piece of work a piece of junk a piece/slice/share of the pie companion piece give (someone) a piece of one's mind conversation piece how long is a piece of string fowling piece museum piece in one piece one-piece period piece piece by piece piece of cake piece goods piece of eight piece of one's mind piece of the puzzle piece of work think piece three-piece two-piece three-piece suite two-piece suit a piece of someone three-piece suit opinion piece piece-dye a piece of cake puff piece piece together set piece say one's piece of a piece piece of the action piece of shit See More Kids Definition piece 1 of 2 noun ˈpēs 1 : a part cut, torn, or broken from something a piece of pie 2 : one of a group, set, or mass of things a piece of mail a three-piece suit 3 : a portion marked off a piece of land 4 : a single item or example a piece of news 5 : a definite amount or size in which something is made or sold a piece of paper 6 : something made or written a piece of music 7 : a movable object used in playing a board game a chess piece 8 : coin entry 1 sense 1 a fifty-cent piece piece 2 of 2 verb pieced; piecing : to join into a whole : connect the parts or pieces of I pieced a puzzle together. piece of the action phrase as in portion something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group An early investor who demanded a piece of the action in the founding of the company Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance portion part share piece proportion percentage allowance end quota allotment cut slice lot commission member take section segment ration partition Antonyms & Near Antonyms composite sum compound pool total whole aggregate totality See More
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piece

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