Dice
name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Gaming with one or more dice. uncountable
"Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga—perhaps too much dice, you know—coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes."
- 2 plural of die form-of, plural
- 3 a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers wordnet
- 4 A die. countable
"1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice"
- 5 That which has been diced. uncountable
"Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice."
- 1 To play dice. intransitive
"Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week"
- 2 play dice wordnet
- 3 To cut into small cubes. transitive
"And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan...."
- 4 cut into cubes wordnet
- 5 To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. transitive
- 1 A surname.
Antonyms
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More examples"He had his girlfriend blow on the dice for luck before he threw them."
Etymology
From Middle English dys, plural of dy. See the etymology of die (etymology 2) for further information. The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence), and the spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.
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