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Definitions for Dice

[1] small cubes of plastic, ivory, bone, or wood, marked on each side with one to six spots, usually used in pairs in games of chance or in gambling.
[2] poker dice.
[3] any of various games, especially gambling games, played by shaking and throwing from two to six dice or poker dice onto a flat surface. Compare craps.
[4] any small cubes.
[5] Auto Racing . a jockeying for lead position between two or more drivers in which tactics are used to pass or keep from being passed.
[6] to cut into small cubes.
[7] to decorate with cubelike figures.
[8] to lose by gambling with dice (often followed by away ).
[9] to play at dice.
[10] to cause or bring about by gambling with dice.
[11] Auto Racing . to duel with another car or cars in a dice.
[12] no dice , Informal . of no use or help; ineffective.
[13] Machinery . any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like. one of the separate pieces of such a device. a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
[14] an engraved stamp for impressing a design upon some softer material, as in coining money.
[15] singular of dice.
[16] Architecture . dado(def 1) .
[17] to impress, shape, or cut with a die.
[18] cubes of wood, plastic, etc, each of whose sides has a different number of spots (1 to 6), used in games of chance and in gambling to give random numbers
[19] Also called: die (functioning as singular) one of these cubes
[20] small cubes as of vegetables, chopped meat, etc
[21] no dice slang , mainly US and Canadian an expression of refusal or rejection
[22] to cut (food, etc) into small cubes
[23] (intr) to gamble with or play at a game involving dice
[24] (intr) to take a chance or risk (esp in the phrase dice with death )
[25] (tr) Australian informal to abandon or reject
[26] (tr) to decorate or mark with dicelike shapes
[27] (of an organism or its cells, organs, etc) to cease all biological activity permanently she died of pneumonia
[28] (of something inanimate) to cease to exist; come to an end the memory of her will never die
[29] (often foll by away, down, or out ) to lose strength, power, or energy, esp by degrees
[30] (often foll by away or down ) to become calm or quiet; subside the noise slowly died down
[31] to stop functioning the engine died
[32] to languish or pine, as with love, longing, etc
[33] (usually foll by of) informal to be nearly overcome (with laughter, boredom, etc)
[34] theol to lack spiritual life within the soul, thus separating it from God and leading to eternal punishment
[35] (tr) to undergo or suffer (a death of a specified kind) (esp in phrases such as die a saintly death )
[36] (foll by to) to become indifferent or apathetic (to) to die to the world
[37] never say die informal never give up
[38] die hard to cease to exist after resistance or a struggle old habits die hard
[39] die in harness to die while still working or active, prior to retirement
[40] be dying (foll by for or an infinitive ) to be eager or desperate (for something or to do something) I'm dying to see the new house
[41] to die for informal highly desirable a salary to die for
[42] a shaped block of metal or other hard material used to cut or form metal in a drop forge, press, or similar device a tool of metal, silicon carbide, or other hard material with a conical hole through which wires, rods, or tubes are drawn to reduce their diameter
[43] an internally-threaded tool for cutting external threads Compare tap 2 (def. 6)
[44] a casting mould giving accurate dimensions and a good surface to the object cast See also die-cast
[45] architect the dado of a pedestal, usually cubic
[46] another name for dice (def. 2)
[47] as straight as a die perfectly honest
[48] the die is cast the decision that commits a person irrevocably to an action has been taken

Words related to Dice

shakers, ivories, bones

Words nearby Dice

dicaprio, dicarboxylic acid, dicarboxylic acid cycle, dicast, dicastery, dice, dice are loaded, the, dice cup, dicentra, dicentric, dicephalous

Origin of Dice

e21300–50; Middle English de (in early Modern English taking the vowel of the plural form dice) < Old French de(i ), presumbly < Latin datum given (neuter past participle of dare to give), perhaps in the derivative sense “put, placed,” hence “played, cast”

Other words from Dice

dic·er , noun

Word origin for Dice

eC13 dee, from Old French de, perhaps from Vulgar Latin datum (unattested) a piece in games, noun use of past participle of Latin dare to play

Synonyms for Dice

bones, counters, craps, ivories, shakers, tombstones, pair of dice