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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dice \Dice\ (d[imac]s), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Diced} (d[imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dicing}.] To play games with dice.
I . . . diced not above seven times a week. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dice \Dice\ (d[imac]s), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Diced} (d[imac]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dicing}.]
1. (Cooking) To cut into small cubes; as, to slice and dice carrots. [PJC]
2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dice \Dice\ (d[imac]s), noun; pl. of {Die}. Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See {Die}, noun
{Dice coal}, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical fragments. --Brande & C.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Die \Die\, noun; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, {Dice} (d[=i]s); in 4 & 5, {Dies} (d[=i]z). [OE. dee, die, F. d['e], fr. L. datus given, thrown, p. p. of dare to give, throw. See {Date} a point of time.]
1. A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See {Dice}.
2. Any small cubical or square body.
Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies. --Watts.
3. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
Such is the die of war. --Spenser.
4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.
5. (Mach.) (a) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc. (b) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing. (c) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool.
{Cutting die} (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather, cloth, paper, etc.
{The die is cast}, the hazard must be run; the step is taken, and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dice
noun: small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers [syn: {die}]
verb
1: cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" [syn: {cube}]
2: play dice
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "dice": 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
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dice, KY Zip code(s): 41736
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
DICE Delivering Information in a Cellular Environment (SNI, Internet)
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