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piecing together

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

Meaning of piece together

Verb

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

  1. To physically assemble (or reassemble) from fragments or pieces.
    • The community pieced together a quilt using a square stitched in each household.
  2. (figuratively) To reconstruct an event or goal from incomplete or flawed elements.
    • The detective painstakingly collected clues to piece together what happened that tragic night.

Questions about piecing together

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

Words near piecing together in the dictionary

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

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