piece together
Third Person
pieces together
Present Participle
piecing together
Past Tense
pieced together
Past Participle
pieced together
1
to create something by joining separate parts or elements
transitive
- The curator worked to piece together the damaged artwork.
- The carpenter skillfully pieced the furniture together with precision.
- The archaeologists carefully pieced together fragments of ancient pottery.
- She began piecing the model airplane together using the provided instructions.
- The puzzle enthusiast enjoys piecing together intricate jigsaw puzzles.
2
to attempt to understand a situation by putting different information together
transitive
- After talking to several witnesses, she managed to piece the story together and understand what had really happened.
- By examining the fragments of ancient pottery, archaeologists hope to piece together the history of the lost civilization.
- The detective had to piece the clues together to solve the mystery.
- The journalist spent weeks trying to piece together the sequence of events leading up to the scandal.
- After hours of research, she began to piece together the origins of the artifact.