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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pees |
| Phonetic Transcription : pis |
Definition of piece together
Origin :- c.1200, "fixed amount, measure, portion," from Old French piece "piece, bit portion; item; coin" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *pettia, probably from Gaulish *pettsi (cf. Welsh peth "thing," Breton pez "piece, a little"), perhaps from an Old Celtic base *kwezd-i-, from PIE root *kwezd- "a part, piece" (cf. Russian chast' "part"). Related: Pieces.
- Sense of "portable firearm" first recorded 1580s; that of "chessman" is from 1560s. Meaning "person regarded as a sex object" is first recorded 1785 (cf. piece of ass, human beings colloquially called piece of flesh from 1590s; cf. also Latin scortum "bimbo, anyone available for a price," literally "skin"). Meaning "a portion of a distance" is from 1610s; that of "literary composition" dates from 1530s. Piece of (one's) mind is from 1570s. Piece of work "remarkable person" echoes Hamlet. Piece as "a coin" is attested in English from 1570s, hence Piece of eight, old name for the Spanish dollar (c.1600) of the value of 8 reals.
- PIECE. A wench. A damned good or bad piece; a girl who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous congress. Hence the (Cambridge) toast, may we never have a PIECE (peace) that will injure the constitution. ["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence," London, 1811]
- As in assemble : verb put together
- As in reconstruct : verb reorganize, build up
- As in track/track down : verb follow, pursue
- As in weave : verb blend, unite; contrive
- As in fabricate : verb manufacture
- He was sitting on his bed, trying to piece together facts about himself.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- Julia then began to piece together as well as she could the torn fragments.
- Extract from : « Tales from Shakespeare » by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb
- I began to piece together rumours I had heard but never credited.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine
- I tried to collect329 my wits to piece together this mystery.
- Extract from : « The Wasted Generation » by Owen Johnson
- Anybody with half an eye, I thought, could piece together what had happened.
- Extract from : « The Worlds of Joe Shannon » by Frank M. Robinson
- From what we were able to piece together, you deliberately followed them.
- Extract from : « Accidental Flight » by Floyd L. Wallace
- Well, could you piece together the fragments of all you dreamt last night?
- Extract from : « The Sixth Sense » by Stephen McKenna
- There ain't no hurry—we're goin' travel quite a piece together.
- Extract from : « J. Poindexter, Colored » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
- Her brain throbbed as she endeavoured to piece together the things she had just heard.
- Extract from : « If Any Man Sin » by H. A. Cody
- We land, piece together our report, and count the bullet-holes on the machine.
- Extract from : « Cavalry of the Clouds » by Alan Bott
Synonyms for piece together
- apprehend
- assemble
- be hot on the trail
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- braid
- brainstorm
- bring to light
- build
- capture
- careen
- catch
- chase
- cobble up
- compile
- complect
- complicate
- compose
- concoct
- connect
- construct
- contrive
- cook up
- copy
- cover
- create
- criss-cross
- crochet
- cue
- deduce
- devise
- dig up
- discover
- do
- do up
- doctor
- dog
- dog footsteps of
- draw an inference
- dream up
- entwine
- erect
- expose
- fabricate
- fashion
- ferret out
- find
- fit
- fit together
- fix
- fix up
- fold
- form
- formulate
- frame
- fuse
- go after
- head trip
- hunt
- incorporate
- interfold
- interlace
- interlink
- intermingle
- intertwine
- introduce
- invent
- join
- knit
- knock together
- knot
- loop
- lurch
- make
- make over
- make up
- manufacture
- mat
- merge
- mesh
- mix
- model
- modernize
- mold
- move in and out
- net
- organize
- overhaul
- patch
- piece together
- plait
- ply
- prefab
- produce
- put together
- reassemble
- rebuild
- recast
- recondition
- reconstitute
- recreate
- reestablish
- refashion
- reform
- regenerate
- rehabilitate
- rejuvenate
- remake
- remodel
- remold
- renovate
- reorient
- repair
- replace
- reproduce
- reshuffle
- restore
- reticulate
- retool
- revamp
- rework
- run down
- scout
- set up
- sew
- shadow
- shape
- smell out
- snake
- sniff out
- spin
- splice
- stalk
- stick to
- structure
- tail
- think up
- throw together
- throw up
- trace
- trail
- travel
- traverse
- turn out
- twine
- twist
- twist and turn
- unearth
- unite
- weld
- whip through
- whip up
- whomp up
- wind
- wreathe
- writhe
- zigzag
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