Piece

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.

Bring it out piece by piece.

- Ezek. xxiv. 6.

A definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work; as, a piece of broadcloth; a piece of wall paper.

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

An individual; - applied to a person as being of a certain nature or quality; often, but not always, used slightingly or in contempt.

Thy mother was a piece of virtue.

- Shak.

His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is in all the world.

- Coleridge.

(Chess) One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.

A castle; a fortified building.

Of a piece
of the same sort, as if taken from the same whole; like; - sometimes followed by with.

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

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

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

Piece goods
goods usually sold by pieces or fixed portions, as shirtings, calicoes, sheetings, and the like.

v. t.

To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; - often with out.

[imp. & p. p. Pieced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Piecing .]

To unite; to join; to combine.

His adversaries . . . pieced themselves together in a joint opposition against him.

- Fuller.

v. i.

To unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join.

Noun	1.	piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"
	2.	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.	piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" Synonyms: part
	4.	piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" Synonyms: musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition
	5.	piece - an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" Synonyms: bit
	6.	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.	piece - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" Synonyms: firearm, small-arm
	8.	piece - a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread" Synonyms: slice
	9.	piece - a distance; "it is down the road a piece"
	10.	piece - a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece" Synonyms: art object, objet d'art
	11.	piece - 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" Synonyms: while, spell, patch
	12.	piece - a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue" Synonyms: slice
	13.	piece - 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" Synonyms: man
Verb	1.	piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" Synonyms: patch
	2.	piece - make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses" Synonyms: assemble, put together, tack together, set up, tack
	3.	piece - join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
	4.	piece - eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" Synonyms: nibble, pick
	5.	piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" Synonyms: patch

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