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US
/ˈpis/
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[ UK /pˈiːs/ ]
[ UK /pˈiːs/ ]
NOUN
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a musical work that has been created
the composition is written in four movements -
a share of something
a slice of the company's revenue -
an artistic or literary composition
he wrote an interesting piece on Iran
the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests -
a portable gun
he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster -
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
a spell of good weather
I need to rest for a piece
a patch of bad weather
he was here for a little while -
a portion of a natural object
he needed a piece of granite
they analyzed the river into three parts -
a separate part of a whole
an important piece of the evidence -
a distance
it is down the road a piece -
an instance of some kind
he had a bit of good luck
it was a nice piece of work -
a work of art of some artistic value
it is not known who created this piece
this store sells only objets d'art -
an item that is an instance of some type
he designed a new piece of equipment
she bought a lovely piece of china
my dog swallowed a Lego part -
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 -
a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
a piece of pie
a slice of bread
VERB
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create by putting components or members together
They set up a committee
She pieced a quilt
He tacked together some verses -
to join or unite the pieces of
patch the skirt -
eat intermittently; take small bites of
She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
He pieced at the sandwich all morning -
repair by adding pieces
She pieced the china cup -
join during spinning
piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings
How To Use piece In A Sentence
- Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified. War-Time Financial Problems
- One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece.
- He did his final piece of serious work on Tuesday morning, which was grand, and we have just kept him ticking over with a couple of canters.
- Larger butter pieces (not huge, of course, but quite a bit larger than “wet sand”) result in a flakier biscuit. 2009 March | Baking Bites
- A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell. Bird Cloud
- When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed. John Green
- Although I have finally been given a small piece of work to do (nothing crucial, generous deadline), I'm finding it hard to apply myself after such a long period of enforced inactivity.
- Parts of all three vases were mingled together and the position of each piece had to be painstakingly documented to aid the reconstruction. Times, Sunday Times
- The Yellow Wallpaper is the masterpiece of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a wellknown American feminist pioneer and writer.
- I picked a piece of fluff off my shiny black suit.
