piece things together Definition

piece
noun

1. A portion of some material; a bit.

Thesaurus: part, portion, bit, chunk, lump, segment.
2. Any of the sections into which something (eg a cake) is divided; a portion taken from a whole.

Thesaurus: part, portion, section, allotment, share, bit, chunk, lump, cut, percentage, component, element, segment.
3. A component part.

Example: a jigsaw piece
4a. An item in a set;


Example: an 18-piece teaset
Example: a 3-piece suite
5. An individual member of a class of things represented by a collective noun.

Example: a piece of fruit
Example: a piece of clothing
6. A specimen or example of something.

Example: a fine piece of Chippendale
7. An instance.

Example: a piece of nonsense
8. A musical, artistic, literary or dramatic work.

Thesaurus: work of art, creation, composition, study.
9. An article in a newspaper, etc.
10. A coin.

Example: a 50 pence piece
Example: pieces of eight
11. chess.
One of the tokens or men used in a board game.
12. A cannon or firearm.
13. offensive, colloq
A woman.
(Scots)
14a. A snack or meal, such as a sandwich, biscuit etc;
(Scots)
14b. A piece of bread with butter, jam, etc.

verb

pieced, piecing

Idiom: all in one piece

Undamaged, unhurt, intact.
Example: returned from her travels, all in one piece

Idiom: all of a piece

Forming an indivisible whole.

Idiom: go to pieces

colloq
To lose emotional control; to panic.
Thesaurus: fall apart, lose control, break down, cry, quit, collapse, have a breakdown, go off the deep end (slang).

Idiom: in pieces

Separated into a number of component parts.

Broken; shattered.

Idiom: of a piece with something

Consistent or uniform with it.

Idiom: a piece of one's mind

A frank and outspoken reprimand.

Idiom: say one's piece

To make one's contribution to a discussion.
Thesaurus: have one's say, air one's opinion, sound off (slang), talk.

Idiom: to pieces

Into its component parts.
Example: take to pieces

Into fragments, shreds, tatters, etc.
Example: falling to pieces

Etymology: 13c as pece: from French piece.

Phrasal Verb: piece something or things together

To join it or them together to form a whole.

Phrasal Verb: piece something up

To patch or insert pieces into (a garment).