Piece

Portuguese Meaning

English Meaning

1. A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion: a piece of string.
2. A portion or part that has been separated from a whole: a piece of cake.
3. An object that is one member of a group or class: a piece of furniture.
4. An artistic, musical, or literary work or composition: "They are lively and well-plotted pieces, both in prose” ( Tucker Brooke).
5. An instance; a specimen: a piece of sheer folly.
6. A declaration of one's opinions or findings: speak one's piece.
7. A coin: a ten-cent piece.
8. Games One of the counters or figures used in playing various board games.
9. Games Any one of the chess figures other than a pawn.
10. Slang A firearm, especially a rifle.
11. Informal A given distance: "There was farm country down the road on the right a piece” ( James Agee).
12. Vulgar Slang A sexually attractive person.
13. To mend by adding pieces or a piece to.
14. To join or unite the pieces of: He pieced together the vase. She pieced together an account of what had gone on during the stormy meeting.
15. a piece of (one's) mind Frank and severe criticism; censure.
16. of a piece Belonging to the same class or kind.
17. piece by piece In stages: took the clock apart piece by piece.
18. piece of cake Informal Something very easy to do: "Relearning to fly was a piece of cake” ( Burton Bernstein).
19. piece of the action Slang A share of an activity or of profits: "a piece of the action in a Florida land deal” ( Shana Alexander).
20. piece of work A remarkable person, achievement, or product: "He's a very tough piece of work” ( Ted Koppel).