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arrangement, tune, melody, song, air, jingle, ditty; production,
play, drama, sketch, show: I read that piece about cholesterol
in yesterday's paper. He wrote a piece for the flute. Which
piece by Strindberg will you put on next? 5 man, token,
chessman, chess-piece, chequer, Brit draughtsman: Once you have
touched a piece you must move it. 6 go to pieces. fall apart,
disintegrate, crumble, shatter; be shattered, be upset, be
disturbed, have a nervous breakdown, go out of or lose control,
break down, Colloq crack up: Another earthquake and this wall
will go to pieces. At the news of his son's death, Joe simply
went to pieces. 7 in pieces. smashed, destroyed, ruined,
shattered, broken, in smithereens, smashed: The vase lay in
pieces at my feet. Though I had won the case, my life was in
pieces. 8 of a piece (with). similar, similarly constituted,
alike, of the same sort or kind or type, uniform, the same, part
and parcel (of the same thing), identical; in harmony, in
agreement, harmonious, in keeping: This book is of a piece with
the others in the same series. All his paintings are of a piece.
9 piece of cake. Colloq snap, cinch, US and Canadian lead-pipe
cinch, breeze: The French exam was a piece of cake. 10 piece
of (one's) mind. Colloq scolding, rebuke, lecture, reprimand,
tongue-lashing, chiding, rap over or on the knuckles, Colloq
hell, what for, dressing-down, US bawling-out, chewing-out: She
gave him a piece of her mind about the amount of time he spent
in the pub. 11 piece of the action. share, portion, interest,
stake, percentage, holding, quota: For œ1000 you can have a
piece of the action. 12 speak (one's) piece. have (one's) say,
express (one's) opinion, say what is on (one's) mind; vent
(one's) spleen, Colloq get a load off (one's) mind or chest:
All were given a chance to speak their piece.
--v. 13 piece together. assemble, put together, connect,
gather, compose; fix, unite, restore, mend: We pieced together
what happened from the witnesses' accounts. You'll never be
able to piece together the bits of that lamp.
piŠce de r‚sistance
n. highlight, (special or main) feature or attraction,
sp‚cialit‚ (de la maison), masterpiece, chef-d'oeuvre, Brit
speciality, US specialty: The piŠce de r‚sistance of the meal
was a magnificent gateau.
piecemeal adv. 1 piece by piece, little by little, inch by inch, bit by