What part of speech is piece?

Piece can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. piece is a verb, present, 1st person singular of piece (infinitive).
  • 2. piece is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. piece is a noun, singular of pieces.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does piece mean?

Definitions

Verb

piece - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
piece - join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
piece - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
piece - eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

Noun

piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"
piece - an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
piece - a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread"
piece - an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
piece - a distance; "it is down the road a piece"
piece - an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"
piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
piece - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
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"
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"
piece - a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"
piece - a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"

Examples of piece

#   Sentence  
1. noun An important piece of the evidence.
2. noun He wrote an interesting piece on Iran.
3. noun The children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests.
4. noun A piece of pie.
5. noun He designed a new piece of equipment.
6. noun She bought a lovely piece of china.
7. noun It is down the road a piece.
8. noun It was a nice piece of work.
9. noun He needed a piece of granite.
10. noun He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage.
11. noun I need to rest for a piece.
12. noun It is not known who created this piece.
13. noun Despite many wrinkles, India remains a part-democracy and merely signing on to a piece of paper that calls for an independent Kashmir does not get you into the trouble that writing an op-ed piece against Sonia Gandhi or Atal Behari Vajpayee would instantly.
14. noun (And, a piece of shrapnel in the forearm that caused only a minor wound would have killed had it hit an eye and gone into the brain; the shrapnel being in your body demonstrates you were in mortal danger and didn't absent yourself from it.
15. noun They are kind of in rank order but as I stated if I find the piece that I like we will purchase it.
16. verb Piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings.
17. verb Detectives were trying to piece together the puzzle of Fadil's personal life.
18. verb It didn't take long for the police to piece together the story.
19. verb Sami was trying to piece all this together.
Sentence  
noun
An important piece of the evidence.
He wrote an interesting piece on Iran.
The children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests.
A piece of pie.
He designed a new piece of equipment.
She bought a lovely piece of china.
It is down the road a piece.
It was a nice piece of work.
He needed a piece of granite.
He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage.
I need to rest for a piece.
It is not known who created this piece.
Despite many wrinkles, India remains a part-democracy and merely signing on to a piece of paper that calls for an independent Kashmir does not get you into the trouble that writing an op-ed piece against Sonia Gandhi or Atal Behari Vajpayee would instantly.
(And, a piece of shrapnel in the forearm that caused only a minor wound would have killed had it hit an eye and gone into the brain; the shrapnel being in your body demonstrates you were in mortal danger and didn't absent yourself from it.
They are kind of in rank order but as I stated if I find the piece that I like we will purchase it.
verb
Piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings.
Detectives were trying to piece together the puzzle of Fadil's personal life.
It didn't take long for the police to piece together the story.
Sami was trying to piece all this together.

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