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piecen

piecen verb: to join; piece (together); fay.

Verb

piecen (third-person singular simple present piecens, present participle piecening, simple past and past participle piecened)

  1. (transitive) To join; piece (together); fay.
  2. (transitive) To extend by adding a part or parts.
    • But when the building, not designed from the first in its entirety, has been piecened and enlarged from time to time, the very nature of its plan is such as to present peculiar difficulties to those on whom the duty devolves.1887, The Twentieth century: Volume 22
    • He'd piecened out himself a bunk on one side, and sot him up a stove in the corner, and hove some burlaps down under foot, with a couple of old wracked chairs, so's he allowed he'da sight lievser stop out there daytimes than not to.1904, The Outlook: Volume 76
  3. (transitive) To join broken threads or ends in spinning.

Forms of piecen

third-person singular presentpiecens
present participlepiecening
past participlepiecened
pastpiecened

Origin of piecen

From piece + -en.

Words formed from piecen

Questions about piecen

What does piecen mean?
Piecen means to join; piece (together); fay.
What part of speech is piecen?
Piecen is a verb.
What is the past tense of piecen?
The past tense of piecen is piecened.

Words near piecen in the dictionary

  1. piecemealed
  2. piecemealing
  3. piecemealings
  4. piecemeals
  5. piecemealwise
  6. piecen
  7. piecened
  8. piecener
  9. pieceners
  10. piecening
  11. piecenings

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