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Piece

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole
A piece of cheese
The dish lay in pieces on the floor
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Nos

Plural of no
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Piece

A written, musical, or artistic creation
A haunting piece of music
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Nos

Alternative form of nos.}} {{abbreviation of
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Piece

An instance or example
A crucial piece of evidence
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Nos

(countable) nitrous oxide system
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Piece

A coin of specified value
A 10p piece
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Nos

(uncountable) nitrous oxide
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Piece

A figure or token used to make moves in a board game
A chess piece
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Piece

A firearm.
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Piece

A woman.
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Piece

A sandwich or other item of food taken as a snack.
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Piece

Assemble something from parts or pieces
The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones
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Piece

Extend something
His coming and assisting them was like a cordial given to a dying man, which doth piece out his life
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Piece

Patch (something)
If it be broken it must be pieced
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Piece

A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion
A piece of string.
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Piece

A portion or part that has been separated from a whole
A piece of pie.
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Piece

An object that is one member of a group or class
A piece of furniture.
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Piece

An artistic, musical, or literary work or composition
"They are lively and well-plotted pieces, both in prose" (Tucker Brooke).
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Piece

An instance; a specimen
A piece of sheer folly.
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Piece

What one has to say about something; an opinion
Speak one's piece.
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Piece

A coin
A ten-cent piece.
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Piece

One of the counters or figures used in playing various board games.
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Piece

Any one of the chess figures other than a pawn.
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Piece

(Slang) A firearm, especially a rifle.
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Piece

(Informal) A given distance
"There was farm country down the road on the right a piece" (James Agee).
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Piece

To mend by adding pieces or a piece to
Piece a dress.
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Piece

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.
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Piece

A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
I’d like another piece of pie.
I've lost a piece of this jigsaw puzzle.
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Piece

A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
A piece of machinery
A piece of software
A useful piece of advice
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Piece

(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.
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Piece

A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
A sixpenny piece
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Piece

An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
She played two beautiful pieces on the piano.
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Piece

An article published in the press.
Today's paper has an interesting piece on medical research.
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Piece

(military) An artillery gun.
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Piece

A gun.
He's packin' a piece!
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Piece

A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
The announcer is wearing a new piece.
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Piece

A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
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Piece

A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
I got a piece at lunchtime.
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Piece

A shoddy or worthless object usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances.
Ugh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow.
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Piece

A cannabis pipe.
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Piece

Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.
He got a piece of that one;
She got a piece of the ball...and it's going foul.
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Piece

An individual; a person.
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Piece

(obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.
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Piece

(US) A pacifier; a dummy.
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Piece

(colloquial) A distance.
A far piece
Located a fair piece away from their camp
A fair piece off
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Piece

(rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
At practice we rowed four 5,000 meter pieces.
That last piece was torture.
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Piece

An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
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Piece

(slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.
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Piece

To assemble (something real or figurative).
These clues allowed us to piece together the solution to the mystery.
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Piece

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

(slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
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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.
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Piece

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

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
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Piece

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

One of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn.
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Piece

A castle; a fortified building.
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Piece

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

To unite; to join; to combine.
His adversaries . . . pieced themselves together in a joint opposition against him.
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Piece

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

A separate part of a whole;
An important piece of the evidence
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Piece

An item that is an instance of some type;
He designed a new piece of equipment
She bought a lovely piece of china
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Piece

A portion of a natural object;
They analyzed the river into three parts
He needed a piece of granite
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Piece

A musical work that has been created;
The composition is written in four movements
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Piece

An instance of some kind;
It was a nice piece of work
He had a bit of good luck
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Piece

An artistic or literary composition;
He wrote an interesting piece on Iran
The children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests
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Piece

A portable gun;
He wore his firearm in a shoulder holster
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Piece

A serving that has been cut from a larger portion;
A piece of pie
A slice of bread
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Piece

A distance;
It is down the road a piece
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Piece

A work of art of some artistic value;
This store sells only objets d'art
It is not known who created this piece
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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
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Piece

A share of something;
A slice of the company's revenue
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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
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Piece

To join or unite the pieces of;
Patch the skirt
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Piece

Make by putting pieces together;
She pieced a quilt
He tacked together some verses
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Piece

Join during spinning;
Piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings
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Piece

Eat intermittently; take small bites of;
He pieced at the sandwich all morning
She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
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Piece

Repair by adding pieces;
She pieced the china cup
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