Dice

Noun

 * 1) * 1972, (translation), Einstein: The Life and Times, Avon Books
 * I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice.
 * (Original: Jedenfalls bin ich überzeugt, dass der Alte nicht würfelt. December 4, 1926. Albert Einstein. Born-Einstein Letters. Trans. Irene Born. New York: Walker and Company, 1971.)
 * , An alternative singular of die when the plural is dice.
 * 1) * 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
 * The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice

Verb

 * 1)  To cut into small cubes.

Adjectives for Dice
lucky; loaded; rattling; false; unfailing; irresistible; seductive.

Verbs for Dice
bet on—; box—; cast—; cheat at-; with—; jostle—; with—; scatter—; toss—; win—decide; —fall; settle; —topple.

Thesaurus
bird cage, bones, cashier, cast, crap game, crap shooting, craps, crooked dice, cube, cubes, die, form fours, ivories, ivory, jettison, loaded dice, make four, poker dice, quadrate, reject, scrap, shed, slough, square, teeth, throw away, throw out

Verb

 * Dutch: in blokjes
 * Finnish: kuutioida, leikata kuutioiksi
 * German: in Würfel schneiden, würfeln


 * Italian: fare a dadini, tagliare a dadini
 * Polish: kroić w kostkę
 * Russian: нарезать кубиками

Related terms

 * dicey

Anagrams

 * cedi
 * iced

Verb
dice



Verb form

 * 1)  Says.

Anagrams

 * cedi

Verb

 * 1) * 1615, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote de la Mancha, Tomo II, Capítulo XXXII (1856 ed.):
 * Digo, señor Don Quijote, dijo la Duquesa, que en todo cuanto vuesa merced dice va con pie de plomo, y como suele decirse, con la sonda en la mano; y que yo desde aqui adelante creeré, [...] que hay Dulcinea en el Toboso, [...] merecedora que un tal caballero como es el señor Don Quijote la sirva, que es lo mas que puedo ni sé encarecer.
 * “I say, Sir Don Quixote,” said the duchess, “that in all your mercy says, he goes with leaden feet, and as the saying goes, with sounding plummet in hand; and that I henceforth will believe, [...] that there is a Dulcinea in El Toboso, [...] deserving of such a knight as Sir Don Quixote in her service, which is the highest praise that I can give her.”
 * Digo, señor Don Quijote, dijo la Duquesa, que en todo cuanto vuesa merced dice va con pie de plomo, y como suele decirse, con la sonda en la mano; y que yo desde aqui adelante creeré, [...] que hay Dulcinea en el Toboso, [...] merecedora que un tal caballero como es el señor Don Quijote la sirva, que es lo mas que puedo ni sé encarecer.
 * “I say, Sir Don Quixote,” said the duchess, “that in all your mercy says, he goes with leaden feet, and as the saying goes, with sounding plummet in hand; and that I henceforth will believe, [...] that there is a Dulcinea in El Toboso, [...] deserving of such a knight as Sir Don Quixote in her service, which is the highest praise that I can give her.”