Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - dice
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Dice
dice
~1 n plural dice 1 C usually plural a small block of wood, plastic etc that has six sides with a different number of spots on each side, used in games of chance (throw/roll the dice) (She threw the dice and moved her counter across the board.) 2 any game of chance that is played with dice 3 no dice especially AmE spoken used to refuse to do something or to say that something is not possible ("Can I borrow some cash?" "Sorry, no dice.") ~2 v 1 also dice up to cut food into small square pieces (diced carrots) 2 dice with death to put yourself in a very dangerous situation 3 I + for literary to play dice with someone, for money, possessions etc
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(dices, dicing, diced) 1. A dice is a small cube which has between one and six spots or numbers on its sides, and which is used in games to provide random numbers. In old-fashioned English, ‘dice’ was used only as a plural form, and the singular was die, but now ‘dice’ is used as both the singular and the plural form. N-COUNT 2. If you dice food, you cut it into small cubes. Dice the onion... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural ~) Etymology: Middle English dyce, from dees, dyce, plural of dee die — more at die Date: 14th century 1. a. die 1 b. a gambling game played with ~ 2. plural also ~s a small cubical piece (as of food) 3. 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. a. to cut into small cubes ~d onions b. to ornament with square markings ~d leather 2. a. to bring by playing ~ ~ himself into debt b. to lose by dicing ~ her money away intransitive verb 1. to play games with ~ ~ for drinks in the bar — Malcolm Lowry 2. to take a chance the temptation to ~ with death — Newsweek • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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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1) разрезать полупроводниковую пластину на кристаллы 2) кристаллы (ИС) 3) авто проф. участвовать в гонках - master dice ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) игра в кости играть в кости 2) кости (в игре) 3) горн. нефтяной сланец game of dice — игра в кости pair of dice — кости (в игре) set of dice — набор костей (напр., в домино) throw of dice — бросание игральных костей to dice away — проигрывать (в игре) to dice crystals — нарезать кристаллы - balanced dice - biased dice - fair dice - ideal dice - n-faced dice - n-sided dice - pair of dice - shoot dice - standard dice - unbiased dice ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. pl. от die 2. употр. с гл. в ед.ч. игра в кости to play dice —- играть в кости 3. пластина 4. эл. чип, кристалл (для размещения микроэлектронной схемы) Id: no dice —- разг. отсутствие ответа или отрицательный ответ; ничего не слышно; не выгорело; ничего не вышло Id: today, or it's no dice —- сегодня, или у нас с вами ничего не получится; сегодня или никогда 5. играть в кости 6. проигрывать (что-л.; также dice away) to dice away all one's money —- проиграться в пух и прах; спустить все 7. идти на риск; делать опасный ход to dice with death —- разг. рисковать жизнью; играть со смертью 8. нарезать кубиками (особ. в кулинарии) 9. наносить узор из кубиков или квадратиков 10. расчерчивать, графить в клеточку 11. вышивать узор квадратиками 12. тесное сближение (на автомобильных гонках) 13. обгонять друг друга на трассе (автомобильных гонок); ехать наперегонки ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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away проигрывать в кости He had a lot of money, but was foolish enough to dice most of it away. DICE 1. noun; pl. игра в кости 2. v. 1) играть в кости 2) нарезать в форме кубиков (в кулинарии) 3) вышивать узор квадратиками 4) графить в клетку - dice away to dice with death - играть со смертью ...Англо-русский словарь
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mil. abbr. Defense Of Information To Counter Espionage electron. abbr. DARPA Initiative in Concurrent Engineering electron. abbr. Dolby Interactive Content Encoder media abbr. Digital International Conversion Equipment gen. bus. abbr. Database For Innovation And Corporate Excellence NASDAQ abbr. SureBET Casinos, Inc. pos. abbr. Drug Intervention Community Educators ...English abbreviation dictionary
Английский словарь американских идиом
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- 13c., dys, pl. of dy (see die (n.)), altered 14c. to dyse, dyce, and 15c. to dice. Sometimes used as sing. 1400-1700. The v. "to cut into cubes" is 14c. Dicey "doubtful, difficult" is British slang, first recorded 1940s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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