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piecing out

piecing out is the present participle and gerund of piece out.

Meaning of piece out

Verb

piece out (third-person singular simple present pieces out, present participle piecing out, simple past and past participle pieced out)

  1. (transitive) To increase or complete by adding one or more pieces.
    • She pieced out a meal for three from what was in the cupboard.
  2. (transitive) To lay out or present possible components of a whole.
    • He pieced out what he knew from the witnesses.

Questions about piecing out

What is piecing out the present participle and gerund of?
Piecing out is the present participle and gerund of piece out.

Words near piecing out in the dictionary

  1. Piechocki
  2. Piechockis
  3. Piechowski
  4. Piechowskis
  5. piecing
  6. piecing out
  7. piecing together
  8. piecing up
  9. piecings
  10. piecrust
  11. piecrusts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: piecing out (page history and authors); piece out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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