piece

1. 1.

   to join or unite the pieces of

   “patch the skirt”

   Synonymspatch

   Broaderjoin

   Narrowervamp
2. 2.

   create by putting components or members together

   “She pieced a quilt”

   “He tacked together some verses”

   “They set up a committee”

   Synonymsassembleput togetherset uptacktack together

   Broaderjoinmake

   Narrowerconfectjumblereassembleconfigurecompoundrig up
3. 3.

   join during spinning

   “piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings”

   Broadersplice
4. 4.

   eat intermittently; take small bites of

   “He pieced at the sandwich all morning”

   “She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles”

   Synonymsnibblepick

   Broadereat
5. 5.

   repair by adding pieces

   “She pieced the china cup”

   Synonymspatch

   Broaderrepair

Other forms of piece

plural

pieces·

past tense

pieced·

present participle

piecing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about piece

What does piece mean?

piece means "a separate part of a whole". That is the primary sense; the word has 18 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in piece?

piece has 1 syllable: piece. In IPA it is /ˈpis/.

What is another word for piece?

Close synonyms include part, part, musical composition, opus, composition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is piece a common word?

piece is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with piece?

10 words rhyme with piece. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.