Meaning

9 senses
  1. The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.

  2. A device for cutting into a specified shape.

  3. A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)

    a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods

  4. A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.

  5. An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.

    a device used for shaping metal

  6. (also, plural)An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

  7. Any small cubical or square body.

  8. An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.

    Most dice are six-sided.

    I rolled the die and moved 2 spaces on the board.

    Würfel

    штампštamp, пла́шкаpláška, ле́ркаlérka

    кі́сткаkístka

  9. (obsolete)That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.

Examples

6944 sentences
  1. If you don't eat, you die.

    Якщо не їсти, то помреш.

    ruЕсли не будете есть, вы умрёте.

    deWenn man nicht isst, stirbt man.

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  2. The old man died of cancer.

    Цей старий помер від раку.

    ruСтарик умер от рака.

    deDer alte Mann starb an Krebs.

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  3. My mother died during my absence.

    Поки мене не було, моя мати померла.

    ruМоя мать умерла в моё отсутствие.

    deMeine Mutter starb während meiner Abwesenheit.

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  4. My uncle died a year ago.

    Мій дядько помер рік тому.

    ruМой дядя умер год назад.

    deMein Onkel starb vor einem Jahr.

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  5. My grandfather died five years ago.

    Мій дідусь помер п'ять років тому.

    ruМой дедушка умер пять лет назад.

    deMein Großvater starb vor fünf Jahren.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
polyhedron used in games of chance:
Русский
By meaning 4
device for cutting into a specified shape:
device used to cut an external screw thread:
embossed device used in stamping:
polyhedron used in games of chance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
polyhedron used in games of chance:

Origin

From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from dat

From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum.

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Forms

plural: dies / dice
Singulardie
Pluraldies / dice

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
cube of chancecube of fortune
Close in meaning
  • a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers:dice

Word family

23 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • going to die
  • died in the
  • many people died
  • rather die than
  • died in a
  • want to die
  • died of cancer
  • die in prison
  • people died in
  • almost died
  • father died
  • parents died when

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
die — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto