Definitions for dicedaɪs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

dice*daɪs(n.pl.)(sing.)die

  1. (n.pl.)small cubes, marked on each side with one to six spots, usu. used in pairs in games or gambling.

    Category: Games

  2. (used with a sing. v.) any of various games, esp. gambling games, played by shaking and throwing such cubes.

    Category: Games

  3. any small cubes.

  4. (v.t.)to cut into small cubes.

  5. to decorate with cubelike figures.

  6. to lose by gambling with dice (often fol. by away).

    Category: Games

  7. (v.i.)to play at dice.

    Category: Games

Idioms for dice:

  1. no dice, of no use; ineffective. (used as a negative response to a request.)

    Category: Idiom, Informal

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Origin of dice:

1300–50; ME dees, dis, dyce (sing. and pl.), dyces (pl.) < OF de(i)z, dés (pl.); see die2

dic′er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. die, dice(verb)

    a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers

  2. cube, dice(verb)

    cut into cubes

    "cube the cheese"

  3. dice(verb)

    play dice

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. dice(noun)ɪs

    cubes with dots on the sides, used in games

    to roll the dice

Wiktionary

  1. dice(Verb)

    To play dice.

    I diced not above seven times a week. uE00096779uE001 Shakespeare.

  2. dice(Verb)

    To cut into small cubes.

  3. dice(Verb)

    To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dice(noun)

    small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n

  2. Dice(verb)

    to play games with dice

  3. Dice(verb)

    to ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes

  4. Dice(u)

    of Die


Translations for dice

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

dice(verb)

to cut (vegetables etc) into small cubes

She diced the carrots for the soup.

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