Толковый словарь английского языка - dice
Dice
dice
I. noun (plural ~) see: die Date: 14th century 1. die 1, a gambling game played with ~, a small cubical piece (as of food), a close contest between two racing-car drivers for position during a race, II. verb (~d; dicing) Etymology: Middle English dycen, from dyce Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cut into small cubes , to ornament with square markings , 2. to bring by playing ~ , to lose by dicing , intransitive verb to play games with ~ , to take a chance , ~r noun
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n. & v. --n.pl. 1 a small cubes with faces bearing 1-6 spots used in games of chance. b (treated as sing.) one of these cubes (see DIE(2)). 2 a game played with one or more such cubes. 3 food cut into small cubes for cooking. --v. 1 a intr. play dice. b intr. take great risks, gamble (dicing with death). c tr. (foll. by away) gamble away. 2 tr. cut (food) into small cubes. 3 tr. Austral. sl. reject; leave alone. 4 tr. chequer, mark with squares. Phrases and idioms no dice sl. no success or prospect of it. Derivatives dicer n. (in sense 1 of v.). Etymology: pl. of DIE(2) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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