piece in WordNet English dictionary

1. a work of art of some artistic value
   "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"
   objet d'art  art object  piece 
   
2. an instance of some kind
   "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"
   piece  bit 
   
3. a musical work that has been created
   "the composition is written in four movements"
   musical composition  opus  composition  piece  piece of music 
   
4. a portable gun
   "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
   firearm  piece  small-arm 
   
5. 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"
   man  piece 
   
6. a portion of a natural object
   "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
   part  piece 
   
7. 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"
   while  piece  spell  patch 
   
8. a separate part of a whole
   "an important piece of the evidence"
   piece 
   
9. an item that is an instance of some type
   "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
   piece 
   
10. a distance
    "it is down the road a piece"
    piece 
    
11. an artistic or literary composition
    "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
    piece 
    
12. a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
    "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread"
    piece  slice 
    
13. a share of something
    "a slice of the company's revenue"
    slice  piece 
    

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