{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "pis" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/piece.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/piece.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English pece, peece, peice, from Old French piece, from Late Latin petia, pettia, possibly from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion”); doublet of English fit, fytte, fytt (“musical piece, chapter”), Icelandic fit (“web”), German Fitze (“skein”), from Old High German *fitjâ. Compare Welsh peth, Breton pez (“thing”), Irish cuid. Compare French pièce, Portuguese peça, Spanish pieza, Italian pezza, Italian pezzo." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.\nI’d like another piece of pie.\nI've lost a piece of this jigsaw puzzle.\n1624, John Donne, “17. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: , London: Printed by A M for Thomas Iones, →OCLC; republished as Geoffrey Keynes, John Sparrow, editor, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions: , Cambridge: At the University Press, 1923, →OCLC, lines 2–3, page 98:No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine;" }, { "mean": "A single item belonging to a class of similar items.\na piece of machinery\na piece of software\na useful piece of advice\n2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: noticed many of their pieces of debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria," }, { "mean": "(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.\n1959, Hans Kmoch, Pawn Power in Chess, I:\nPawns, unlike pieces, move only in one direction: forward." }, { "mean": "A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.\na sixpenny piece" }, { "mean": "An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:musical composition\nShe played two beautiful pieces on the piano." }, { "mean": "An article published in the press.\nToday's paper has an interesting piece on medical research.\n1979, Woody Allen, Manhattan, spoken by Isaac Davis (Woody Allen):No, I didn't read the piece on China's faceless masses, I was, I was checking out the lingerie ads." }, { "mean": "(military) An artillery gun.\n1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 55,\n all our Ammunition was spent. Those of us who had Money made Slugs of it; their next Shift was to take the middle Screws out of their Guns, and charge their Pieces with them." }, { "mean": "(US, colloquial) A gun.\nHe's packin' a piece!\n2005, “Bloody War”, in Certified, performed by David Banner:I wanted peace, but now my piece is clearing out the block." }, { "mean": "(US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.\nThe announcer is wearing a new piece." }, { "mean": "(Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.\n2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 46:\nMy grannie came and gived them all a piece and jam and cups of water then I was to bring them back out to the street and play a game." }, { "mean": "(US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.\nI got a piece at lunchtime." }, { "mean": "(US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).\nUgh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow." }, { "mean": "(US, slang) A cannabis pipe." }, { "mean": "(baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.\nhe got a piece of that one;  she got a piece of the ball and it's going foul." }, { "mean": "(dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.\na. 1587 (date written), Phillip Sidney , An Apologie for Poetrie. , London: for Henry Olney, , published 1595, →OCLC; republished as Edward Arber, editor, An Apologie for Poetrie (English Reprints), London: , 1 April 1868, →OCLC:If I had not been a piece of a logician before I came to him.\n1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Thy mother was a piece of virtue.\n1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aid to Reflection\nHis own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is in all the world." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.\n1569, Richard Grafton, A Chronicle at Large, and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande, , London: Henry Denham, , for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye, →OCLC; republished in Grafton’s Chronicle; or, History of England. , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: for J Johnson; , 1809, →OCLC:He receyued againe all the holdes and peeces which his father had lost.\n1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XIV”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:" }, { "mean": "(US) A pacifier; a dummy.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:pacifier" }, { "mean": "(colloquial) A distance.\na far piece\nlocated a fair piece away from their camp\na fair piece off" }, { "mean": "(rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.\nAt practice we rowed four 5,000 meter pieces.\nThat last piece was torture." }, { "mean": "An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work." }, { "mean": "(slang) An ounce of a recreational drug.\n2017, Matt Meyer, Déqui Kioni-Sadiki, Sekou Odinga, Look for Me in the Whirlwind\nIn fact, that was back during the era when you could buy a piece of heroin, an ounce of heroin, for $500 and cut it three times for a 3-to-1 cut on it and the dope would still be good." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).\nThese clues allowed us to piece together the solution to the mystery.\n1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: for Thomas Tegg and Son, , published 1837, →OCLC:\nHis adversaries pieced themselves together in a joint opposition against him." }, { "mean": "To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.\nto piece a garment\nc. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :You have broke it, cousin: and , by my life , you shall make it whole again ; you shall piece it out with a piece of your performance" }, { "mean": "(slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.\n1994, William Upski Wimsatt, Bomb the Suburbs, revised second edition, Chicago: The Subway and Elevated Press Company, →ISBN, page 7:“It didn't rain, so I decided to come piece with you. ” We never finished that piece.\n2009, Gregory J. Snyder, Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground, page 40:It is incorrect to say that toys tag and masters piece; toys just do bad tags, bad throw-ups, and bad pieces.\n2009, Scape Martinez, GRAFF: The Art & Technique of Graffiti, page 124:It is often used to collect other writer's tags, and future plans for bombing and piecing." } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }