Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Repaired, strengthened, or completed by the adding or joining of pieces.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of piece.

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Examples

  • Information regarding the accident was sketchy ... that is, sketchy to this English speaker who pieced together the French worded details of the drama.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Information regarding the accident was sketchy ... that is, sketchy to this English speaker who pieced together the French worded details of the drama.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • The blocks aren't hard to make, but they are a little more time consuming than some blocks because of the mitres - they can't be chain pieced in the normal way.

    Journal Quilt Week 12 & more katelnorth 2008

  • Information regarding the accident was sketchy ... that is, sketchy to this English speaker who pieced together the French worded details of the drama.

    arrosoir - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Information regarding the accident was sketchy... that is, sketchy to this English speaker who pieced together the French worded details of the drama.

    arrosoir - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Starting with bits from the top of my scrap basket, I log-cabin pieced a kind of mock-crazy quilt square – all these fabrics are things I’ve used recently in blocks, projects, swaps, etc (including in two different bags, birthday swap blocks, the orange swap, a Christmas project, the Hever group quilt, and the little fabric boxes I’ve been making).

    Journal Quilt Project - Week 7 (and other stuff) katelnorth 2008

  • "The whole ensemble is so kind of pieced together."

    LIRR Wants to Redo Its Penn Station Space Andrew Grossman 2010

  • Loads of vocals, acoustic guitar played very badly by me and then kind of pieced together, so it sounds kind of half-decent.

    Imogen Heap: Even The Kitchen Sink 2009

  • I was wary of adding too much cream and I didn't want to overwork the dough so I just kind of pieced it together and hoped for the best.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, a couple of things, you know, he kind of -- in continuing to talk to the sheriff there, you know, we kind of pieced things together slowly.

    CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2008 2008

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