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CUBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cube" is a kind of...):
block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cube"):
dice; die (a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers)
ice cube (a small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks)
Derivation:
cubical (shaped like a cube)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cube" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("cube" is a member of...):
genus Lonchocarpus; Lonchocarpus (genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The product of three equal terms
Synonyms:
cube; third power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("cube" is a kind of...):
number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)
Derivation:
cube (raise to the third power)
cubic (involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
Synonyms:
block; cube
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("cube" is a kind of...):
solid (a three-dimensional shape)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cube"):
goldbrick (a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not)
Derivation:
cube (cut into cubes)
cubic (involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable)
cubical; cuboidal (shaped like a cube)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
Synonyms:
cube; regular hexahedron
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("cube" is a kind of...):
ideal solid; Platonic body; Platonic solid; regular convex polyhedron; regular convex solid; regular polyhedron (any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cube"):
tesseract (the four-dimensional analogue of a cube)
quadrate (a cubelike object)
Derivation:
cube (cut into cubes)
cubical; cuboidal (shaped like a cube)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cube ... he / she / it cubes
Past simple: cubed
-ing form: cubing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "cube" is one way to...):
multiply (combine by multiplication)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
cube (the product of three equal terms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
cube the cheese
Synonyms:
cube; dice
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "cube" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs cube the vegetables
Derivation:
cube (a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides)
cube (a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces)