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piece
A	noun
	1	firearm, piece, small-arm
			a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚instrument ╚weapon; arm; weapon system ╚gun ╚firearm, piece, small-arm ╚twenty-two; .22 ╚shotgun; scattergun ╚riot gun ╚rifle ╚repeating firearm; repeater ╚pistol; handgun; side arm; shooting iron ╚muzzle loader ╚machine gun ╚autoloader; self-loader
	2	man, piece
			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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚equipment ╚game equipment ╚man, piece ╚white ╚chessman; chess piece ╚checker ╚black
	3	objet d'art, art object, piece
			a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚art; fine art ╚work of art ╚objet d'art, art object, piece ╚virtu
	4	piece
			a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚part; portion ╚piece ╚snip; snippet; snipping ╚shard; sherd; fragment ╚scrap ╚piece of leather ╚piece of cloth; piece of material
	5	piece
			an item that is an instance of some type; "he designed a new piece of equipment"; "she bought a lovely piece of china";
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚whole; whole thing; unit ╚item ╚piece
	6	piece
			a distance; "it is down the road a piece"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚position; spatial relation ╚placement; arrangement ╚spacing; spatial arrangement ╚distance ╚piece
	7	piece
			an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚piece ╚hiatus ╚fragment ╚afterpiece ╚morceau ╚article
	8	musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
			a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚auditory communication ╚music ╚musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music ╚sextet; sextette; sestet ╚quintet; quintette ╚quartet; quartette ╚trio ╚duet; duette; duo ╚solo ╚intermezzo ╚realization; realisation ╚musical arrangement; arrangement ╚sheet music ╚morceau
	9	piece, bit
			an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚case; instance; example ╚piece, bit
	10	piece, slice
			a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚indefinite quantity ╚small indefinite quantity; small indefinite amount ╚helping; portion; serving ╚piece, slice ╚fillet; filet; fish fillet; fish filet ╚cutlet; scallop; scollop; escallop
	11	part, piece
			a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part, piece ╚slice ╚segment ╚nub; stub ╚hunk; lump ╚fragment ╚cutting ╚craton ╚corner ╚base ╚acicula ╚corpus ╚body part
	12	slice, piece
			a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"
		Category Tree: possession ╚assets ╚share; portion; part; percentage ╚slice, piece
	13	while, piece, spell, patch
			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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚fundamental quantity; fundamental measure ╚time period; period of time; period ╚time ╚while, piece, spell, patch ╚snap ╚hot spell ╚cold spell; cold snap
B	verb
	1	piece, patch
			repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚better; improve; amend; ameliorate; meliorate ╚repair; mend; fix; bushel; doctor; furbish up; restore; touch on ╚piece, patch
	2	nibble, pick, piece
			eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
		Category Tree: consume; ingest; take in; take; have ╚eat ╚eat ╚nibble, pick, piece
	3	piece
			join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
		Category Tree: change ╚change shape; change form; deform ╚twist; twine; distort ╚intertwine; twine; entwine; enlace; interlace; lace ╚splice ╚piece
	4	patch, piece
			to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚join; conjoin ╚patch, piece ╚vamp; vamp up
	5	assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
			make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"
		Category Tree: connect; link; tie; link up ╚join; bring together ╚assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together ╚rig up ╚compound ╚configure ╚reassemble ╚jumble; confuse; mix up ╚confect; confection; comfit

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