Meaning of piece | Babel Free

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1. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
2. piece (work of art, particularly of music)
3. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts
4. Frank and severe criticism; censure.
5. A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
6. piece (part of whole)
7. A single item belonging to a class of similar items
8. Belonging to the same class or kind.
9. One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.
10. One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played
11. In stages: took the clock apart piece by piece.
12. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
13. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency
14. A person, especially a woman, considered sexually attractive.
15. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
16. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc
17. Informal Something very easy to do.
    Informal
18. An article published in the press.
19. A share of an activity or of profits: "a piece of the action in a Florida land deal" (Shana Alexander).
20. An artillery gun.
21. A remarkable person, achievement, or product: "He's a very tough piece of work" (Ted Koppel).
22. A gun.
    US, colloquial
23. A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
    Canada, US, colloquial
24. a little bit at a time; not as a whole. He did the work piecemeal. stuk vir stuk على أجْزاء مُتَفَرِّقَه на части aos bocados po kouskách stückweise stykvist κομματιαστά poco a poco tükkhaaval تکه تکه vähitellen par bouts בַּחֲלָקִים टुकड़े में komad po komad darabonként sedikit demi sedikit smám saman (un po' alla volta) 少しずつ 하나씩 dalimis, palaipsniui pakāpeniski; pa daļām sedikit demi sedikit stuksgewijsbit for bit, stykkevis po kawałku ټوټه ټوټه، ټوك ټوك aos bocados treptat постепенно; по ч...
25. A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
    Ireland, Scotland, UK, US, dialectal
26. done etc in this way. He has a rather piecemeal way of working. stuk-vir-stuk-wyse مُجَزَّءا، عَلى أجْزاء неорганизиран fragmentado postupný stückweise usammenhængende τμηματικός, αποσπασματικός poco sistemático tükatine تدریجی asteittainen décousu, sans méthode נַעֲשָׂה בַּחֲלָקִים थोडा़-थोडा़ करके komad po komad alkalmi, töredékes sedikit demi sedikit sundurlaus; ómarkviss frammentario 断続的な 한번에 조금씩 하는 daromas dalimis/palaipsniui pakāpenisks; veikts pa daļām sedikit demi sedikit bij stukjes ...
    etc
27. A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
    US, colloquial, vulgar
28. (of a person) to collapse physically or nervously. She went to pieces when her husband died. huil, ineenstort يَنْهار، يَتَكَسَّر، يَتَقَطَّع разпадам се ficar destroçado zhroutit se zusammenbrechen bryde sammen καταρρέω, γίνομαι κομμάτια derrumbarse, venirse abajo kokku varisema خرد شدن mennä kappaleiksi 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 좌절하다 palūžti sabrukt; dabūt nervu sabrukumu tdk dap...
29. A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).
    US, colloquial, mildly, vulgar
30. A cannabis pipe.
    US, slang
31. 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.
    uncountable
32. An individual; a person.
    dated, derogatory, sometimes
33. A castle; a fortified building.
    obsolete
34. A pacifier; a dummy.
    US
35. A distance.
    colloquial
36. A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
37. An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
38. An ounce of a recreational drug.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: aspect, portion”

“I’d like another piece of pie.”

“I've lost a piece of this jigsaw puzzle.”

“No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]”

“a piece of machinery”

“a piece of software”

“a useful piece of advice”

“"Squalled at me that she owned the business and that she wouldn't take any back talk from me and that the piece wasn't for sale. What could I do?"”

“[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […]”

“Pawns, unlike pieces, move only in one direction: forward.”

“It is not permitted to move a piece to a square occupied by a piece of the same colour. […] Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.”

“a sixpenny piece”

“She played two beautiful pieces on the piano.”

“Today's paper has an interesting piece on medical research.”

“No, I didn't read the piece on China's faceless masses, I was, I was checking out the lingerie ads.”

“[…] all our Ammunition was spent. Those of us who had Money made Slugs of it; their next Shift was to take the middle Screws out of their Guns, and charge their Pieces with them.”

“He's packin' a piece!”

“I wanted peace, but now my piece is clearing out the block.”

“It was do or be done. Get or get gotten. It was self-preservation like I'd never felt before, and when Rome passed me his piece I didn't even hesitate as I raised that bitch in the air and aimed it at Vyreen.”

“"This is just a cover story," Clay says to O5-8, not taking his eyes off Marion. "It's a good one, but she's had it worked out in advance." "Clay, lose the piece," says the O5. Grudgingly, Clay does so.”

“The announcer is wearing a new piece.”

“My grannie came and gived them all a piece and jam and cups of water then I was to bring them back out to the street and play a game.”

“I got a piece at lunchtime.”

“Ugh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow.”

“he got a piece of that one; she got a piece of the ball[…]and it's going foul.”

“If I had not been a piece of a logician before I came to him.”

“Thy mother was a piece of virtue.”

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

“Then enteryng into league with Philip the French king, he receyued againe all the holdes and peeces which his father had loſt a little before, […]”

“the ranſack of that peece”

“a far piece”

“located a fair piece away from their camp”

“a fair piece off”

“At practice we rowed four 5,000 meter pieces.”

“That last piece was torture.”

“In fact, that was back during the era when you could buy a piece of heroin, an ounce of heroin, for $500 and cut it three times for a 3-to-1 cut on it and the dope would still be good.”

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