piece (p s)n. 1. A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion: a piece of string. 2. A portion or part that has been separated from a whole: a piece of cake. 3. An object that is one member of a group or class: a piece of furniture. 4. An artistic, musical, or literary work or composition: "They are lively and well-plotted pieces, both in prose" (Tucker Brooke). 5. An instance; a specimen: a piece of sheer folly. 6. A declaration of one's opinions or findings: speak one's piece. 7. A coin: a ten-cent piece. 8. Games a. One of the counters or figures used in playing various board games. b. Any one of the chess figures other than a pawn. 9. Slang A firearm, especially a rifle. 10. Informal A given distance: "There was farm country down the road on the right a piece" (James Agee). 11. Vulgar Slang A sexually attractive person. tr.v. pieced, piec·ing, piec·es Idioms: 1. To mend by adding pieces or a piece to. 2. To join or unite the pieces of: He pieced together the vase. She pieced together an account of what had gone on during the stormy meeting. a piece of (one's) mind Frank and severe criticism; censure. of a piece Belonging to the same class or kind. piece by piece In stages: took the clock apart piece by piece. piece of cake Informal Something very easy to do: "Relearning to fly was a piece of cake" (Burton Bernstein). piece of the action Slang A share of an activity or of profits: "a piece of the action in a Florida land deal" (Shana Alexander). piece of work A remarkable person, achievement, or product: "He's a very tough piece of work" (Ted Koppel). [Middle English pece, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, probably of Celtic origin.] |
piece
Noun
1. a separate bit or part
2. an instance or occurrence: a piece of luck
3. an example or specimen of a style or type: each piece of furniture is crafted from native red pine by traditional methods
4. a literary, musical, or artistic composition
5. a coin: a fifty-pence piece
6. a firearm or cannon
7. a small object used in playing various games: a chess piece
8. go to pieces (of a person) to lose control of oneself; have a breakdown
Verb
[piecing, pieced]
1. (often foll. by together)to fit or assemble bit by bit
2. (often foll. by up)to patch or make up (a garment) by adding pieces [Middle English pece]
Piece a portion or quantity; a length.
Examples: piece of calico (ten yards); of muslin (twelve yards).
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"beam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric piece of leather - a separate part consisting of leather scrap - a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left" spindle - a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc. |
| 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"; item - a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items" | |
| 3. | piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" thing - a separate and self-contained entity body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity corpus - the main part of an organ or other bodily structure acicula - a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal base - the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" corner - a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; "he knocked off the corners" craton - the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian cutting - a piece cut off from the main part of something fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" segment - one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange" slice - a thin flat piece cut off of some object strip - a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" building block, unit - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids" world - a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects" | |
| 4. |  piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"morceau - a short literary or musical composition sheet music - a musical composition in printed or written form; "she turned the pages of the music as he played" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner musical arrangement, arrangement - a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments realisation, realization - a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer intermezzo - a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera allegro - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner allegretto - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro andante - a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow introit - a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services solo - a musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment) trio - a musical composition for three performers bagatelle - a light piece of music for piano divertimento, serenade - a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form canon - a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts etude - a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity toccata - a baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style fantasia - a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes musical passage, passage - a short section of a musical composition movement - a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic" largo - (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner larghetto - (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio suite - a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected symphonic poem, tone poem - an orchestral composition based on literature or folk tales medley, pastiche, potpourri - a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources adagio - (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly" song, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" study - a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing" capriccio - an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation motet - an unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service; originated in the 13th century program music, programme music - musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events incidental music - music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes | |
| 5. | piece - an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" | |
| 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" creation - an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone article - nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication morceau - a short literary or musical composition afterpiece - a brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play fragment - an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play" hiatus - a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) | |
| 7. |  piece - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"autoloader, self-loader - a firearm that reloads itself firing pin - striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) lock - a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun muzzle loader - an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle repeating firearm, repeater - a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading rifle - a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" riot gun - a firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death scattergun, shotgun - firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges sights - an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument smoothbore - a firearm that has no rifling .22, twenty-two - a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle) | |
| 8. | piece - a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread" | |
| 9. | piece - a distance; "it is down the road a piece" distance - the property created by the space between two objects or points | |
| 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"virtu - objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques) work of art - art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit) | |
| 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" time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" cold snap, cold spell - a spell of cold weather hot spell - a spell of hot weather snap - a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May" | |
| 12. |  piece - a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"share, percentage, portion, part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" | |
| 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" black - (board games) the darker pieces chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess game equipment - equipment or apparatus used in playing a game tile - game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. white - (board games) the lighter pieces | |
| Verb | 1. | piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt" |
| 2. | piece - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" bring together, join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together" mix up, jumble, confuse - assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" reassemble - assemble once again, after taking something apart configure - set up for a particular purpose; "configure my new computer"; "configure a plane for a combat mission" compound - create by mixing or combining rig up - erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure; "Can he rig up a P.A. system?" | |
| 3. | piece - join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings" splice - join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires" | |
| 4. | piece - eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" | |
| 5. | piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup" |
piece
noun 1. bit, section, slice, part, share, division, block, length, quantity, scrap, segment, portion, fragment, fraction, chunk, wedge, shred, slab, mouthful, morsel, wodge Brit. (informal)
noun 7. share, cut (informal) slice, percentage, quantity, portion, quota, fraction, allotment, subdivision go or fall to pieces break down, fall apart, disintegrate, lose control, crumple, crack up (informal) have a breakdown, lose your head of a piece (with) like, the same (as), similar (to), consistent (with), identical (to), analogous (to), of the same kind (as)
Translations
piece [piːs] n → pedazo, trozo; [of cake] → trozo;
(DRAUGHTS etc) → ficha;
vt to piece together → juntar;
(TECH) → armar;
to take to pieces → desmontar;
a piece of news → una noticia;
piece [piːs] n → morceau m [of land]; parcelle f (= item);
(Draughts) → pion m vt to piece together → rassembler;
(not yet assembled) → en pièces détachées;
to take to pieces → démonter;
in one piece (object) → intact(e);
piece [piːs] n → Stück nt;
(Draughts etc) → Stein m;
(Chess) → Figur f;
in pieces (broken) → kaputt;
(taken apart) → auseinandergenommen, in Einzelteilen;
a piece of clothing/furniture/music → ein Kleidungs-/Möbel-/Musikstück nt;
a piece of research → eine Forschungsarbeit;
to take sth to pieces → etw auseinandernehmen;
in one piece (object) → unbeschädigt;
(person) → wohlbehalten;
piece together piece vt → zusammenfügen
piece [piːs] n → pezzo; [of land] → appezzamento;
to take to pieces → smontare;
in one piece [object] → intatto;
to say one's piece → dire la propria
n piece [piːs]
1 a part of anything a piece of cake; He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately). stuk قِطْعَه парче kus stykke; del das Stück κομμάτι trozo, pedazo tükk تکه pala, osa morceau חֲתִיכָה टुकडा़ komadić darab sepotong bútur, sneið, stykki, hluti pezzo 一片 조각, 단편 dalis, gabalas, sklypas gabals; daļa sepotong; bahagian demi bahagian stuk stykke kawałek, fragment pedaço bucată кусок; часть kus kos parče stycke, bit ชิ้นส่วน parça 部分，塊 шматок, кусок ٹکڑا mẩu/ miếng 部分，块
2 a single thing or example of something a piece of paper; a piece of news. brokkie قِطْعَه، شَيءٌ واحِدٌ مِن откъслек kus; jeden stykke; nyhed das Stück κομμάτι pedazo (de papel); una (noticia) tükk یک pala, uutinen morceau; fragment פָּרִיט कोई एक एकल चीज या उदाहरण dio darab satu blað; fréttastúfur pezzo 一個 한 장, 한 토막 lapas, vienetas, pavyzdys (papīra) lapa; ziņa sehelai; sepotong stuk et ark; en nyhet, osv. kawałek um papel/uma notícia, etc. bucată; fragment отдельный предмет kus; jeden kos; primerek komad stycke, bit, lapp ชิ้น parça, biraz, bir parça 個別事例 окремий предмет, витвір ايک چيز mẩu 个别事例
3 a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper. stuk, artikel قِطْعَةٌ موسيقيَّةٌ او كِتابيَّه произведение kus; článek stykke; indlæg; artikel das Stück μουσικό κομμάτι pieza lugu قطعه kappale, juttu pièce; article קֶטָע संगीत रचना glazbeni komad (zene)darab; írás sebuah verk, stykki; grein pezzo, articolo 作品 단편, 소품, (짧은) 악곡 kūrinys, straipsnis (literārs, mākslas u.tml.) darbs karya stuk stykke; artikkel; novelle; kunstverk kawałek, utwór composição piesă; articol произведение; статья dielo; článok delo komad stycke, verk บทประพันธ์เพลง parça, yapıt, eser 篇 літературний, музичний твір چھوٹا مضمون، کہاني، شعر bản nhạc 篇
4 a coin of a particular value a five-pence piece. stuk, munt قِطْعَه نُقود монета mince mønt das Stück κέρμα moneda münt سکه kolikko pièce מַטבֵּע किसी विशेष मूल्य का सिक्का komad (kovanog novca) pénz(darab) sekeping peningur, mynt moneta 硬貨 경화(硬貨) moneta monēta syiling stuk mynt, pengestykke moneta moeda monedă монета minca kovanec novčić mynt เหรียญกษาปณ์ madenî para 錢幣 монета کوئي سکہ một đồng 钱币
5 in chess, draughts and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game. stuk قِطْعة او حَجر في لُعْبَة الشَّطْرَنْج фигура figurka, kámen brik die Spielfigur πιόνι pieza malend, kabenupp مهره pelinappula pion כְּלִי मोहरा figura (šah) (sakk)figura buah catur, dll taflmaður pedina こま (체스·장기 등의) 말 figūra, šaškė (spēles) figūra; kauliņš buah stuk (spille)brikke figura, pionek peça piesă шашка, фишка, фигура figúrka, kameň figura figura pjäs ตัวหมากรุก taş, pul 棋子 фігура شطرنج کا مہرہ quân cờ 棋子
adv pieceˈmeal
a little bit at a time; not as a whole He did the work piecemeal. stuk vir stuk على أجْزاء مُتَفَرِّقَه на части po kouskách stykvist stückweise κομματιαστά poco a poco tükkhaaval تکه تکه vähän kerrallaan par bouts בַּחֲלָקִים टुकड़े में komad po komad darabonként sedikit demi sedikit smám saman (un po' alla volta) 少しずつ 하나씩, 조금씩 dalimis, palaipsniui pakāpeniski; pa daļām sedikit demi sedikit stuksgewijs bit for bit, stykkevis (og delt) po kawałku aos bocados treptat постепенно;по частям po kúskoch po kosih malo po malo stycke för stycke, bit för bit ทีละน้อย parça parça, azar azar 一件一件地 поступово, частинами تھوڑا تھوڑا کر کے dần dần 一件一件地
adj
done etc in this way He has a rather piecemeal way of working. stuk-vir-stuk-wyse مُجَزَّءا، عَلى أجْزاء неорганизиран postupný usammenhængende stückweise τμηματικός, αποσπασματικός poco sistemático tükatine تدریجی jaksoittainen décousu, sans méthode נַעֲשָׂה בַּחֲלָקִים थोडा़-थोडा़ करके komad po komad alkalmi, töredékes sedikit demi sedikit sundurlaus; ómarkviss frammentario 断続的な 조금씩의 daromas dalimis/palaipsniui pakāpenisks; veikts pa daļām sedikit demi sedikit bij stukjes en beetjes oppstykket fragmentaryczny fragmentado împrăştiat, fără metodă постепенный postupný nepovezan u fazama gradvis ซึ่งทำทีละชิ้น parça parça yapılan 零碎的 зроблений частинами تھوڑا تھوڑا کرنا làm dần dần 零碎的
go (all) to pieces
(of a person) to collapse physically or nervously She went to pieces when her husband died. huil, ineenstort يَنْهار، يَتَكَسَّر، يَتَقَطَّع разпадам се zhroutit se bryde sammen zusammenbrechen καταρρέω, γίνομαι κομμάτια derrumbarse, venirse abajo kokku varisema خرد شدن romahtaa s'effondrer לְהִתמוֹטֵט मानसिक रूप से ढह जाना razbiti na komadiće összeomlik hancur, ambruk brotna niður andare in pezzi, crollare ばらばらになる (정신적·육체적으로) 녹초가 되다 palūžti sabrukt; dabūt nervu sabrukumu tdk dapat menjalani hidup spt biasa kapot gaan, instorten gå i stykker; bryte sammen załamywać się ficar destroçado a se prăbuşi сломаться zrútiť sa zlomiti se raspasti se bryta samman, bli alldeles uppriven ควบคุมตัวเองไม่ได้ çökmek, kendini kaybetmek 身體(或精神上)垮下來，崩潰 зламатися اعصابي طور پر ٹوٹ جانا suy sụp 身体（或精神上）垮下来，崩溃
in pieces
1 with its various parts not joined together The bed is delivered in pieces and the customer has to put it together himself. uitmekaar قِطْعَةً قِطْعَه، أجزاءً на части rozložený usamlet in Stücken ασυναρμολόγητος desmontado tükkidena به صورت قطعات مجزا osina en pièces détachées בַּחֲלָקִים टुकड़े u komadima darabokban belum dirakit ósamsettur, í stykkjum smontato ばらばらで 분해하여 dalimis, nesudėtas izjauktā veidā; pa detaļām/sastāvdaļām belum tepasang in stukken i deler/biter, i flat pakke w częściach em partes în/făcut bucăţi в разобранном состоянии rozložený v kosih u delovima i delar เป็นชิ้น ๆ parça parça, parçalar hâlinde 散件 частинами ٹکڑوں ميں từng bộ phận 散件
2 broken The vase was lying in pieces on the floor. stukkend مٌكَسَّر счупен ve střepech i stumper og stykker kaputt σπασμένος, θρυμματισμένος hecho pedazos/trizas/añicos purunenud خرد شده palasina en (mille) morceaux רְסִיסִים टूटा razbijen na komade összetörve berkeping-keping brotinn in pezzi ばらばらになって 산산이 부서져서, 산산 조각으로 gabalėliais, sudužęs gabalos; saplīsis; druskās berkecai aan stukken i stykker w kawałkach, rozbity em cacos spart (în bucăţi) разбитый на куски rozbitý razbit u delovima i bitar, i stycken, trasig แตกเป็นชิ้น kırılmış, parça parça olmuş 碎片 розбитий на куски ٹوٹا ہوا vỡ tan từng mảnh 碎片
piece together
to put (the pieces of something) together They tried to piece together the fragments of the broken vase. inmekaarsit يَجْمَع القِطَع إلى بَعْضِها събирам složit, sestavit samle zusammensetzen συναρμολογώ reconstruir, recomponer kokku panema کنار هم قرار دادن koota rassembler לְחַבֵּר जोड़-जोड़कर पूरा करना skrpiti,pokrpati összeállít menyatukan kembali setja saman mettere insieme つなぎ合わせる 이어[] 맞추다 sudėti salabot; salikt no gabaliem mencantumkan in elkaar passen lappe/sette sammen składać juntar a aduna laolaltă соединять zložiť sestaviti sastaviti delove sätta ihop bit för bit ปะติดปะต่อกัน parçalarını birleştirmek 拼合 з'єднувати ٹکڑوں کو ملا کر جوڑنا gắn lại 拼合
to pieces
into separate, usually small pieces, or into the various parts from which (something) is made It was so old, it fell to pieces when I touched it. uitmekaar إرباً إرَباً на части na kusy (falde) fra hinanden in Stücke κομματιασμένος, θρυμματισμένος en pedazos tükkideks تکه تکه؛ بصورت قطعه قطعه palasiksi en morceaux לְחֲתִיכוֹת अलग-अलग टुकड़े में sastaviti darabokra hancur berantakan í sundur in pezzi こなごなになる 갈기갈기, 조각으로 분리되어 į gabalus izjukt druskās/gabalos berkecai uit elkaar, aan stukken i stykker, fra hverandre na kawałki aos pedaços în bucăţi вдребезги; на части na kusy na kosce u komade i bitar แตกออก (küçük) parçalara 成為碎片 на шматки ٹکڑے ٹکڑے vỡ ra từng mảnh 成为碎片
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