n. musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"

n. punishment for one's actions; "you have to face the music"; "take your medicine"

n. an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

n. an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";

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

n. any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes"

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. 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. a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

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

n. an article reporting news

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

v. eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

n. the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"

n. a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"

n. a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra

n. a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"

n. a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

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. a design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface

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

n. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"

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"

n. a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"

n. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"

n. a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"

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. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

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. a substance that exerts some force or effect

n. a substance that exerts some force or effect

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

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

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

n. the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"

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

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. a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

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 act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"

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. the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"

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

v. chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

v. bite off very small pieces; "She nibbled on her cracker"

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"