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Verb piece has 5 senses
- patch, piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
--1 is one way to join, conjoin
Sample sentence:
They piece the cape
- assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together - make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"
--2 is a kind of join, bring together; make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- piece - join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
--3 is one way to splice
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- 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"
--4 is one way to eat
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- piece, patch - repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
--5 is one way to repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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