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piece
I. \ˈpēs\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English pece, piece, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pettia, from (assumed) Gaulish; akin to Breton pez piece, Welsh peth part, thing, Old Irish cuit part
1. : a part of a whole : fragment, portion
< the besieging forces would try to mine under a piece of wall — Tom Wintringham >
2.
a. obsolete : man — usually used disparagingly
b. : girl, woman, baggage
3. : an object or individual regarded as a unit of a kind or class : example
< handsome teak tables copied … from antique pieces — New Yorker >
< each piece of ripe fruit … has to be picked by hand — Sat. Eve. Post >
as
a. : a person exemplifying a particular quality
< thy mother was a piece of virtue — Shakespeare >
b. : a period of time especially if brief
< sat thinking for a piece >
c. : an interval of space regarded as part of a longer distance
< had gone a fair piece of the way — A.J.Liebling >
d. : an individual instance or specimen
< a piece of impudence >
< a piece of news >
4.
a. : a length varying from 40 to 120 yards of cloth suitable for processing and especially for dyeing and finishing
b. archaic : a standard or customary quantity or length of merchandise (as wallpaper, wine) made up for sale or use
c. : a pair, block, strip, or sheet of stamps or a single stamp considered as a single unit for sale as philatelic material
5. : a product of creative work: as
a. : a literary composition
< a collection of mostly out-of-the-way pieces — a biography, a fictional biography, horror stories, adventure stories, and long short stories — Saturday Review >
b. : a product of graphic or plastic art : painting, picture, sculpture
< images of the Buddha are made to certain conventional patterns and there is often great difficulty in determining the origin of any piece on stylistic grounds — C.P.Fitzgerald >
c. : a theatrical production : drama, play
< the series of psychological pieces — Leslie Rees >
d. : a musical composition
< has played four American pieces in a row — Virgil Thomson >
e. : a passage to be recited : declamation
< spoke his piece at the school graduation >
6. : a projectile weapon (as a rifle, revolver, or artillery big gun)
< ceased to debate the question of his piece being loaded — Stephen Crane >
7.
a. : a coin of a specified metal
< gold piece >
< piece of silver >
or denomination
< shilling piece >
< 10-cent piece >
b. obsolete : any of several 17th and early 18th century English gold coins (as the unite, sovereign, or guinea)
c. : token, counter
< good-luck piece >
8. chiefly dialect : a light simple lunch especially when not eaten as a regular meal
< a piece in our pockets, so that mealtimes didn't matter — Margaret Aitken >
9. obsolete : a fortified city or other stronghold
10. : a strip of leather inserted in a panel or affixed between bands on the backbone of a book and lettered
11. : floor 10
12.
a. : a man used in playing a board game; specifically : any of the 16 chessmen of superior rank as distinguished from the pawns — see bishop, king, knight, queen, rook
b. slang : playing card
< a piece of trump >
13. : log 1a
14. : a chunk of whole blubber
15. pieces plural : portions picked out of the skirtings as suitable to be included with better grade wools
16. archaic : an inferior crystallized sugar obtained as one of the products of a now obsolete manufacturing process
17. : opinion, viewpoint, mind
< you have to know your piece to get by them — H.J.Laski >
< just about every accredited Republican spokesman has said his piece — R.H.Rovere >
18.
a. : an act of copulation — usually considered vulgar
b. : a partner in sexual intercourse — usually considered vulgar
19. : something composed of a specified material
< fur piece >
< floral piece >
20. : part ownership of an enterprise or property
< had a piece of a nearby automobile dealership >
Synonyms: see part
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- by the piece
- of a piece
- on piece
- piece of one's mind
- to pieces
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English pecen, from pece piece, noun
transitive verb
1. : to repair, renew, or complete by adding pieces : patch
< pieced from scrap a locomotive — A.F.Harlow >
< pieced out a set of china >
2. : to join into a whole : unite the parts of : combine out of pieces
< had been piecing a quilt all afternoon >
— often used with together
< his new book … has been pieced together from talks — Merle Miller >
3.
a. : foot 8
< piece an arrow >
b. : to splice (a stele) with other wood
c. : to splice (new wood) in a bow where a defect has been cut out
intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to come or fit together : coalesce from parts : agree, assemble
2. chiefly dialect : to eat between meals : nibble at snacks
< there he was, piecing on the ham — Eudora Welty >
3. : to join broken threads, slivers, or rovings in spinning or other textile manufacturing operations
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- piece up
III. noun
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- piece of the action |