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See pièce

English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
  2. A single item belonging to a class of similar items: as, for example, a piece of machinery, a piece of software.
  3. In the Context of (plural) sandwiches, packed lunch.
  4. In the Context of A sexual encounter.
  5. : I got a piece at lunchtime.
  6. In the Context of A gun.
  7. : He's packin' a piece!
  8. In the Context of A cannabis pipe.
  9. In the Context of (short for "piece of crap") a shoddy or worthless object, usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances.
  10. : Ucch, my new car is a piece!


Derived terms


Translations

  • Arabic:
  • Chinese: 片 (piàn)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|kus|m}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|stuk|n}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • French: {{t+|fr|morceau|m}}, {{t+|fr|part|f}}
  • Georgian: ნატეხი (natexi), ნაწილი (nats‘ili)
  • German: {{t+|de|Stück|n}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|κομμάτι|n|sc=Grek}} (kommáti)
  • Hungarian:
  • Irish: {{t+|ga|píosa|m|xs=Irish}}, {{t+|ga|giota|m|xs=Irish}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|pezzo|m}}, {{t+|it|porzione|f}}
  • Japanese: 一切れ (ひときれ, hitokire)
  • Khmer: (dom)
  • Korean: 한조각 (hanjogak)
  • Kurdish: {{t-|ku|پارچه‌|sc=KUchar}}
  • Latin: pars , fragmentum , frustum , mica
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|stykke|n}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|peça|f}}
  • Russian: кусок (kusók) , часть (čast’) , штука (štúka)
  • Serbian: {{t-|sr|parče|n}}, {{t-|sr|deo|m}}, {{t-|sr|čast|f}}, {{t-|sr|komad|m}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|kos|m}}, {{t+|sl|del|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|pieza|f}}
  • Swahili: kipande, vipande pl (noun 7/8)
  • Swedish: stycke , {{t+|sv|bit|c}}
  • Thai: (an), (chín)
  • Yiddish: שטיק (shtik)
  • Swedish: {{t|sv|nyp|n}}
  • Finnish:
  • Finnish:

Verb

  1. (usually with "together"): To reassemble something (real or metaphorically.)


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Piece \Piece\, n. [OE. pece, F. pi[`e]ce, LL. pecia, petia,
petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a
part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part,
share. Cf. Petty.]
1. A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole,
in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or
tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break
in pieces.
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Bring it out piece by piece. --Ezek. xxiv.
6.
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2. A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a
piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.
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3. Any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of
the same kind; an individual article; a distinct single
effort of a series; a definite performance; especially:
(a) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of
poetry, music, or statuary.
(b) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces;
a following piece.
(c) A coin; as, a sixpenny piece; -- formerly applied
specifically to an English gold coin worth 22
shillings.
(d) A fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of
knowledge.
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4. An individual; -- applied to a person as being of a
certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used
slightingly or in contempt. "If I had not been a piece of
a logician before I came to him." --Sir P. Sidney.
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Thy mother was a piece of virtue. --Shak.
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His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is
in all the world. --Coleridge.
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5. (Chess) One of the superior men, distinguished from a
pawn.
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6. A castle; a fortified building. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Of a piece, of the same sort, as if taken from the same
whole; like; -- sometimes followed by with. --Dryden.

Piece of eight, the Spanish piaster, formerly divided into
eight reals.

To give a piece of one's mind to, to speak plainly,
bluntly, or severely to (another). --Thackeray.

Piece broker, one who buys shreds and remnants of cloth to
sell again.

Piece goods, goods usually sold by pieces or fixed
portions, as shirtings, calicoes, sheetings, and the like.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Piece \Piece\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pieced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Piecing.]
1. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or
pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with
out. --Shak.
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2. To unite; to join; to combine. --Fuller.
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His adversaries . . . pieced themselves together in
a joint opposition against him. --Fuller.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Piece \Piece\, v. i.
To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.
"It pieced better." --Bacon.
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WordNet piece
n 1: a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the
evidence"
2: an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new
piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
3: a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into
three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" [syn: part]
4: a musical work that has been created; "the composition is
written in four movements" [syn: musical composition, opus,
composition, piece of music]
5: an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he
had a bit of good luck" [syn: bit]
6: an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an
interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a
comic piece to amuse the guests"
7: a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
[syn: firearm, small-arm]
8: a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece
of pie"; "a slice of bread" [syn: slice]
9: a distance; "it is down the road a piece"
10: a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only
objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"
[syn: objet d'art, art object]
11: 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" [syn: while, spell,
patch]
12: a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"
[syn: slice]
13: 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" [syn: man]
v 1: to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" [syn: patch]
2: make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He
tacked together some verses" [syn: assemble, {put
together}, set up, tack, tack together] [ant: disassemble]
3: join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread,
slivers, and rovings"
4: eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the
sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she
just nibbles" [syn: nibble, pick]
5: repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" [syn: patch]
Moby Dictionary
Grand Guignol , Nachtmusik , Passion play , Tom show , absolute music ,
actor , adaptation , aesthetic distance , air , air varie , aleatory ,
aleatory music , alike , allotment , allowance , antagonist , antihero ,
antimasque , arrangement , art object , article , ass , assemble ,
audience success , autograph , automatic , babe , baby , bait , ballet ,
bawling-out , beat , big end , bigger half , bishop , bit , bit part ,
bite , blowgun , blowpipe , bolt , bomb , brainchild , break down ,
breeze , bric-a-brac , broad , broadcast drama , broken , budget ,
budget of news , burlesque show , butt , cast , castle , causerie ,
chamber music , chamber orchestra , character , charade , chessman ,
chick , chiding , chip , chunk , cinch , classic , clearance ,
cliff hanger , clip , clipping , closet drama , coil , coin , colleen ,
collop , comedy drama , commission , compass , compose , composition ,
computer printout , connect , contingent , copy , crack up , creation ,
critical success , crown , crumb , crumble , cue , cut , cutie , cutting ,
dame , damoiselle , damsel , daytime serial , deal , deep space ,
demoiselle , depths of space , descant , design , destiny , destroyed ,
dialogue , discourse , discussion , disintegrate , disquisition ,
dissertation , distance , ditty , divergence , dividend , division ,
document , documentary drama , dole , doll , dollop , double eagle ,
doubloon , draft , drama , dramalogue , dramatic play , dramatic series ,
draughtsman , dressing-down , ducat , duodrama , duologue , eagle ,
edited version , electronic music , end , engrossment , epic theater ,
equal share , essay , etude , examination , exclusive , excursus ,
exercise , experimental theater , exposition , extent , extravaganza ,
failure , fair copy , farness , fat part , fate , feature , feeder ,
fiction , filly , final draft , finished version , firearm ,
first approach , first draft , five-dollar gold piece , fix ,
flamethrower , flimsy , flop , fraction , fragment , frail , gal , gasser ,
gat , gather , girl , girlie , giveaway , go to pieces , gob , gobbet ,
gold piece , grotesque , guinea , gun , half , half crown , half eagle ,
halver , handgun , happening , hard money , harmonious , harmonization ,
heater , heavy , heifer , hell , helping , hero , heroine , hit , hit show ,
holding , holograph , homily , hot number , hoyden , hunk , identical ,
improvisational drama , in agreement , in harmony , in keeping ,
in pieces , incidental music , infinity , ingenue , instrumental music ,
interest , introductory study , invention , jeune fille , jill , jingle ,
junior miss , king , kitsch , knight , lass , lassie , lead , lead role ,
lead-pipe cinch , leading lady , leading man , leading woman , lecture ,
leeway , legitimate drama , length , letter , light-years , lines ,
literae scriptae , literary artefact , literary production ,
literature , little missy , lot , lucubration , lump , mademoiselle ,
maid , maiden , man , manuscript , margin , masque , master , masterpiece ,
masterwork , matter , measure , meat , meed , melodrama , melody , member ,
memoir , mend , mess , mileage , minstrel show , miracle , miracle play ,
miss , missy , mobile , modicum , moidore , moiety , monodrama ,
monograph , monologue , morality , morality play , morceau , morsel ,
museum piece , music , music drama , musical revue , musket , mystery ,
mystery play , napoleon , news item , nocturne , nonfiction , note ,
nude , nymphet , old master , opera , opus , orchestration , original ,
outline , pageant , pandect , panel show , pantomime , paper , paragraph ,
parcel , parchment , paring , parsecs , part , particle , pasticcio ,
pastiche , pastoral , pastoral drama , pawn , peashooter , penscript ,
percentage , person , personage , perspective , piece of ass ,
piece of cake , piece of meat , piece of money , piece of silver ,
piece of virtu , piece of writing , piece together , pistol , play ,
playlet , poem , portion , pound sovereign , preliminary study ,
printed matter , printout , problem play , production , program music ,
prolegomenon , proportion , protagonist , psychodrama , put together ,
quantity , quantum , queen , quiz show , quota , radio drama , rake-off ,
range , rasher , ration , reach , reading matter , rebuke , recension ,
remnant , remoteness , repeater , report , reprimand , research paper ,
restore , review , revolver , revue , ricercar , rifle , rod , role , roll ,
roll of coins , romp , rook , rouleau , ruined , run , sample ,
sawed-off shotgun , schoolgirl , schoolmaid , schoolmiss , scolding ,
scoop , score , scrap , screed , scrip , script , scrive , scroll ,
second draft , section , segment , sensational play , separation ,
serial , serving , sex goddess , sex object , sex queen , shard , share ,
shatter , shattered , shaving , shiver , shooting iron , short story ,
shotgun , show , shred , side , similar , sitcom , situation comedy ,
six-gun , six-shooter , sketch , skirt , skit , slice , slip , sliver ,
small share , smashed , smithereen , snack , snap , snatch , snip ,
snippet , soap , soap opera , sociodrama , sonata , sonatina , song ,
soubrette , sovereign , space , span , special article , specie ,
specimen , spectacle , splinter
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