[pees] 
noun, verb, pieced, piec⋅ing.| 1. | a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate. |
| 2. | a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a nice piece of lumber. |
| 3. | a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole: to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces. |
| 4. | a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market: cloth sold by the piece. |
| 5. | an amount of work forming a single job: to be paid by the piece and not by the hour. |
| 6. | an example of workmanship, esp. of artistic production, as a picture or a statue: The museum has some interesting pieces by Picasso. |
| 7. | a literary composition, usually short, in prose or verse. |
| 8. | a literary selection for recitation: Each child had a chance to recite a piece. |
| 9. | a musical composition. |
| 10. | one of the parts that, when assembled, form a whole: the pieces of a clock. |
| 11. | an individual article of a set or collection: a set of dishes containing 100 pieces. |
| 12. | Chess, Checkers.
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| 13. | a token, charm, or amulet: a good-luck piece. |
| 14. | an individual thing of a particular class or kind: a piece of furniture; a piece of drawing paper. |
| 15. | an example, specimen, or instance of something: a fine piece of workmanship. |
| 16. | one of the parts into which a thing is destructively divided or broken; a part, fragment, or shred: to tear a letter into pieces. |
| 17. | Military.
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| 18. | a coin: a five-cent piece. |
| 19. | Midland and Southern U.S. a distance: I'm going down the road a piece. |
| 20. | Chiefly North Midland U.S. a snack. |
| 21. | Also called piece of ass. Slang: Vulgar.
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| 22. | to mend (a garment, article, etc.) by adding, joining, or applying a piece or pieces; patch. |
| 23. | to complete, enlarge, or extend by an added piece or something additional (often fol. by out): to piece out a library with new books. |
| 24. | to make by or as if by joining pieces (often fol. by together): to piece a quilt; to piece together a musical program. |
| 25. | to join together, as pieces or parts: to piece together the fragments of a broken dish. |
| 26. | to join as a piece or addition to something: to piece new wire into the cable. |
| 27. | to assemble into a meaningful whole by combining available facts, information, details, etc.: He pieced the story together after a lot of effort. |
| 28. | Chiefly North Midland U.S. to eat small portions of food between meals; snack. |
| 29. | give someone a piece of one's mind. mind (def. 35). |
| 30. | go to pieces,
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| 31. | of a piece, of the same kind; harmonious; consistent. Also, of one piece. |
| 32. | piece of the action. action (def. 23). |
| 33. | speak one's piece, to express one's opinion; reveal one's thoughts upon a subject: I decided to speak my piece whether they liked it or not. |
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speak one's piece
Also, say one's piece. Say what one thinks, or what one usually says or is expected to say. For example, All right, you've spoken your piece; now let someone else have a turn. The piece in this expression alludes to a memorized poem or speech of the kind recited in a classroom. [Mid-1900s]