Jigsaw
noun
A puzzle consisting of small pieces that are cut irregularly and need to be put together to form a picture.
He spent his afternoon completing a 1000-piece jigsaw of the Eiffel Tower.
Often appears as...
- complete a jigsaw
- jigsaw puzzle
noun
A machine or tool used for cutting irregular curves in wood, metal, or other material.
The carpenter used a jigsaw to cut out the intricate patterns in the wood.
Often appears as...
- use a jigsaw
- jigsaw machine
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A complicated or problematic situation that is like a jigsaw puzzle in its complexity or difficulty to solve.
Untangling the company's financial issues was like solving a jigsaw.
Often appears as...
- solve a jigsaw
- life is a jigsaw
noun
A puzzle consisting of small pieces that are cut irregularly and need to be put together to form a picture.
He spent his afternoon completing a 1000-piece jigsaw of the Eiffel Tower.
Often appears as...
- complete a jigsaw
- jigsaw puzzle
noun
A machine or tool used for cutting irregular curves in wood, metal, or other material.
The carpenter used a jigsaw to cut out the intricate patterns in the wood.
Often appears as...
- use a jigsaw
- jigsaw machine
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A complicated or problematic situation that is like a jigsaw puzzle in its complexity or difficulty to solve.
Untangling the company's financial issues was like solving a jigsaw.
Often appears as...
- solve a jigsaw
- life is a jigsaw
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Recreation Activity
A jigsaw puzzle is often used for entertainment and can be a solo or group activity.
We gathered as a family to solve the jigsaw during the holidays.
Pro Tip 2/3Mental Exercise
Completing a jigsaw puzzle is considered as a brain workout, enhancing problem-solving skills.
She enjoys doing jigsaws to keep her mind sharp.
Pro Tip 3/3Various Themes
Jigsaws come in a variety of themes such as landscapes, famous artworks, or educational content.
The children were thrilled with the dinosaur-themed jigsaw.
Pro Tip 1/3Recreation Activity
A jigsaw puzzle is often used for entertainment and can be a solo or group activity.
We gathered as a family to solve the jigsaw during the holidays.
Pro Tip 2/3Mental Exercise
Completing a jigsaw puzzle is considered as a brain workout, enhancing problem-solving skills.
She enjoys doing jigsaws to keep her mind sharp.
Pro Tip 3/3Various Themes
Jigsaws come in a variety of themes such as landscapes, famous artworks, or educational content.
The children were thrilled with the dinosaur-themed jigsaw.
Pro Tip 1/3Recreation Activity
A jigsaw puzzle is often used for entertainment and can be a solo or group activity.
We gathered as a family to solve the jigsaw during the holidays.
Pro Tip 2/3Mental Exercise
Completing a jigsaw puzzle is considered as a brain workout, enhancing problem-solving skills.
She enjoys doing jigsaws to keep her mind sharp.
Pro Tip 3/3Various Themes
Jigsaws come in a variety of themes such as landscapes, famous artworks, or educational content.
The children were thrilled with the dinosaur-themed jigsaw.
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Pam Warhurst: How we can...
But it isn't just about growing, because we all are part of this jigsaw. It's about taking those artistic people in your community and doing some fabulous designs in those raised beds to explain to people what's growing there, because there's so many people that don't really recognize a vegetable unless it's in a bit of plastic with a bit of an instruction packet on the top.
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How we can eat our...
like the corn that was in front of the police station and the old people's home that we've planted up with food that they can pick and grow but it isn't just about growing because we all a part of this jigsaw it's about taking those artistic people in your community and doing some fabulous designs in those raised beds to explain to people what's
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After the Avalanche:...
What we were really looking for here were teeth. Now, if you think of this in a way, basically, human remains are like finding the corner and the edge pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, right? Once you have that, you start to piece things together. The reason teeth are important is 'cause
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Welcome to the internet...
and I we've been collecting movement traces from connected buses cars trains devices mashing it up with a model of the physical world and putting together the jigsaw puzzle of what is happening in every single location in time from the billions of movement traces from the
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The surprising health...
is associated with an enhanced ability to solve next-day problems. It's almost as though we go to sleep with the pieces of the jigsaw, but we wake up with the puzzle complete. The second benefit of REM-sleep dreaming is emotional first aid.
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Preparing a Fossil PIPE...
it's her task to carefully help reconstruct the ichthyosaur from what looks like a pile of rubble the ichthyosaur is encased in many pieces of solid rock its reconstruction becomes a prehistoric jigsaw puzzle and carving
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My immigration story -...
is not a finished story it is a jigsaw puzzle still being put together let me tell you about some of the pieces imagine the first piece a man burning his life's work he is a poet a playwright a man whose whole life had
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Tan Le: My immigration...
It is a jigsaw puzzle still being put together. Let me tell you about some of the pieces. Imagine the first a man burning his life's work. He is a poet, a playwright, a man whose whole life
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David Kwong: Two nerdy...
invented in 18th-century the jigsaw puzzle. Is this not making order out of chaos? So as you can see, we are always solving. We are always trying to decode our world.
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Are These Cats Actually...
They're tapping into something deep rooted within us. We love our cats because they love us. They're everything to me. She's like the last jigsaw of our family.
Video examples
Pam Warhurst: How we can...
But it isn't just about growing, because we all are part of this jigsaw. It's about taking those artistic people in your community and doing some fabulous designs in those raised beds to explain to people what's growing there, because there's so many people that don't really recognize a vegetable unless it's in a bit of plastic with a bit of an instruction packet on the top.
Video examples
How we can eat our...
like the corn that was in front of the police station and the old people's home that we've planted up with food that they can pick and grow but it isn't just about growing because we all a part of this jigsaw it's about taking those artistic people in your community and doing some fabulous designs in those raised beds to explain to people what's
Video examples
After the Avalanche:...
What we were really looking for here were teeth. Now, if you think of this in a way, basically, human remains are like finding the corner and the edge pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, right? Once you have that, you start to piece things together. The reason teeth are important is 'cause
Video examples
Welcome to the internet...
and I we've been collecting movement traces from connected buses cars trains devices mashing it up with a model of the physical world and putting together the jigsaw puzzle of what is happening in every single location in time from the billions of movement traces from the
Video examples
The surprising health...
is associated with an enhanced ability to solve next-day problems. It's almost as though we go to sleep with the pieces of the jigsaw, but we wake up with the puzzle complete. The second benefit of REM-sleep dreaming is emotional first aid.
Video examples
Preparing a Fossil PIPE...
it's her task to carefully help reconstruct the ichthyosaur from what looks like a pile of rubble the ichthyosaur is encased in many pieces of solid rock its reconstruction becomes a prehistoric jigsaw puzzle and carving
Video examples
My immigration story -...
is not a finished story it is a jigsaw puzzle still being put together let me tell you about some of the pieces imagine the first piece a man burning his life's work he is a poet a playwright a man whose whole life had
Video examples
Tan Le: My immigration...
It is a jigsaw puzzle still being put together. Let me tell you about some of the pieces. Imagine the first a man burning his life's work. He is a poet, a playwright, a man whose whole life
Video examples
David Kwong: Two nerdy...
invented in 18th-century the jigsaw puzzle. Is this not making order out of chaos? So as you can see, we are always solving. We are always trying to decode our world.
Video examples
Are These Cats Actually...
They're tapping into something deep rooted within us. We love our cats because they love us. They're everything to me. She's like the last jigsaw of our family.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Martin Rees
British Scientist
When scientists are asked what they are working on, their response is seldom 'Finding the origin of the universe' or 'Seeking to cure cancer.' Usually, they will claim to be tackling a very specific problem - a small piece of the jigsaw that builds up the big picture.
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Rita Tushingham
English Actress
I believe in the lessons of life. Some things are mapped out for us. By that I don't mean that you wait for things to happen, but it's interesting the way our lives are like a jigsaw where sometimes the pieces don't fit - and other times they do.
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Robert Adams
American Photographer
The experience of life that you and I have is pretty much a jigsaw puzzle in the box: Day-to-day experiences of disconnected pieces that don't seem to justify the efforts we make each day.
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Henry Winkler
American Actor
To me acting is like a jigsaw puzzle. The jigsaw puzzle is of the sky and all the pieces are blue. Out of this you have to create a human being and put it together.
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Imelda Staunton
English Actress
To me, it's really not about how I look - it's about who I can be. It is my job to bring the character to life and my duty to fit into the jigsaw in that story.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.
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Julia Hartz
American Businesswoman
Every day is sort of a jigsaw puzzle. You have to make sure that you're putting the most important things first.
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban Novelist
No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.
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Ronnie Van Zant
American Musician
We put our music together, piece by piece, like a jigsaw puzzle.
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Charlotte Dujardin
British Athlete
Every horse I get on I can adapt to. It's like a jigsaw puzzle.
Quote examples
Martin Rees
British Scientist
When scientists are asked what they are working on, their response is seldom 'Finding the origin of the universe' or 'Seeking to cure cancer.' Usually, they will claim to be tackling a very specific problem - a small piece of the jigsaw that builds up the big picture.
Quote examples
Rita Tushingham
English Actress
I believe in the lessons of life. Some things are mapped out for us. By that I don't mean that you wait for things to happen, but it's interesting the way our lives are like a jigsaw where sometimes the pieces don't fit - and other times they do.
Quote examples
Robert Adams
American Photographer
The experience of life that you and I have is pretty much a jigsaw puzzle in the box: Day-to-day experiences of disconnected pieces that don't seem to justify the efforts we make each day.
Quote examples
Henry Winkler
American Actor
To me acting is like a jigsaw puzzle. The jigsaw puzzle is of the sky and all the pieces are blue. Out of this you have to create a human being and put it together.
Quote examples
Imelda Staunton
English Actress
To me, it's really not about how I look - it's about who I can be. It is my job to bring the character to life and my duty to fit into the jigsaw in that story.
Quote examples
Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.
Quote examples
Julia Hartz
American Businesswoman
Every day is sort of a jigsaw puzzle. You have to make sure that you're putting the most important things first.
Quote examples
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban Novelist
No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.
Quote examples
Ronnie Van Zant
American Musician
We put our music together, piece by piece, like a jigsaw puzzle.
Quote examples
Charlotte Dujardin
British Athlete
Every horse I get on I can adapt to. It's like a jigsaw puzzle.
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