n. a distance; "it is down the road a piece"

n. a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"

n. an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"

n. an object created by a sculptor

n. an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"

n. 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"

n. a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"

n. a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"

n. 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"

n. a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"

v. join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"

v. to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"

v. repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"

n. (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; "since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably"

n. an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"

n. one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"

n. one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"

n. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"

n. the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"

n. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"

n. a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

n. either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface

n. special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

n. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"

n. one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"

n. one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"

n. a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"

n. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"

n. something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"

n. something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"

n. a segment of a citrus fruit; "he ate a section of the orange"

n. a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers"

n. (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted; "since blocks are often defined as a single sector, the terms `block' and `sector' are sometimes used interchangeably"

n. a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"

n. one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"

n. one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"

n. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"

n. the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"

n. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"

n. a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"

n. either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

n. a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

n. the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

n. a substance that exerts some force or effect

n. the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)

n. the end or completion of something; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility"

n. a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"

n. the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"

n. an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

n. an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"

n. the communication of something to the public; making information generally known

n. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"

n. an article reporting news

n. the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services

n. a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"

n. the general appearance of a publication

n. an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"

n. something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"

n. a large magnitude; "he blanched when he saw the size of the bill"; "the only city of any size in that area"

n. a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"

n. the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

n. a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

v. fasten by sewing; do needlework

v. fasten by sewing; do needlework

v. do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms"

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

v. find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof"