piecing

piece[ pisiŋ ]

• n.
  • a separate part of a whole

    "an important piece of the evidence"

  • an item that is an instance of some type

    "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china"

  • a portion of a natural object

    "he needed a piece of granite"

    同义词：part

  • a musical work that has been created

    同义词：musical compositionopuscompositionpiece of music

  • an instance of some kind

    "it was a nice piece of work"

    同义词：bit

  • 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

    同义词：firearmsmall-arm

  • a serving that has been cut from a larger portion

    "a piece of pie"

    同义词：slice

  • a distance

    "it is down the road a piece"

  • a work of art of some artistic value

    "it is not known who created this piece"

    同义词：objet d'artart object

  • a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

    "I need to rest for a piece"

    同义词：whilespellpatch

  • a share of something

    同义词：slice

  • game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games

    "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"

    同义词：man

• v.
  • to join or unite the pieces of

    同义词：patch

  • create by putting components or members together

    "She pieced a quilt"

    同义词：assembleput togetherset uptacktack together

  • join during spinning

    "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"

  • eat intermittently; take small bites of

    "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"

    同义词：nibblepick

  • repair by adding pieces

    "She pieced the china cup"

    同义词：patch