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carve
English
Etymology
From Middle English kerven, from Old English ceorfan, from Proto-West Germanic *kerban, from Proto-Germanic *kerban?, from Proto-Indo-European *gerb?- (“to scratch”). Cognate with West Frisian kerve, Dutch kerven, Low German karven, German kerben (“to notch”); also Old Prussian g?rbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (žr?bii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek ??????? (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k??v/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??v/
- Homophone: calve (Received Pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -??(?)v
Verb
carve (third-person singular simple present carves, present participle carving, simple past carved or (obsolete) corve, past participle carved or (archaic) carven or (obsolete) corven)
- (archaic) To cut.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Galahad
- My good blade carves the casques of men.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Sir Galahad
- To cut meat in order to serve it.
- To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work.
- (snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
- (figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
- […] who could easily have carved themselves their own food.
- To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
carve (plural carves)
- (obsolete) A carucate.
- 1862, Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland
- ... half a carve of arable land in Ballyncore, one carve of arable land in Pales, a quarter of arable land in Clonnemeagh, half a carve of arable land in Ballyfaden, half a carve of arable land in Ballymadran, ...
- 1868, John Harland (editor), Wapentake of West Derby, in Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, (translating a Latin text c. 1320-46), page 31
- Whereof John de Ditton holds a moiety of the village for half a carve of land.
- 1862, Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in Ireland
- The act of carving
Anagrams
- Caver, caver, crave, varec
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dice
English
Etymology
- From Middle English dys, plural of dy.
- The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence). The spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.
- See die Etymology 2.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s, IPA(key): /da?s/
- Rhymes: -a?s
Noun
dice (countable and uncountable, plural dice or dices)
- (uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.
- (countable, proscribed by some; standard in British English) A die.
- 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
- 1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music
- (uncountable, formerly countable, cooking) That which has been diced.
- Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.
Usage notes
- The singular usage is considered incorrect by many authorities. However, it should be noted that The New Oxford Dictionary of English, Judy Pearsall, Patrick Hanks (1998) states that “In modern standard English, the singular die (rather than dice) is uncommon. Dice is used for both the singular and the plural.”
- Die is predominant among tabletop gamers.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:dice.
Synonyms
- astragals
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
dice
- plural of die
Verb
dice (third-person singular simple present dices, present participle dicing, simple past and past participle diced)
- (intransitive) To play dice.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, part 1, Act III, scene iii:
- Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 407:
- Tyrion found Timmett dicing with his Burned Men in the barracks.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, part 1, Act III, scene iii:
- (transitive) To cut into small cubes.
- 1898, Thomas Hardy, "Hap":
- And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan....
- 1898, Thomas Hardy, "Hap":
- (transitive) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Derived terms
- dice with death
Translations
Anagrams
- -cide, cedi, deci-, iced
Interlingua
Verb
dice
- present of dicer
- imperative of dicer
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -it?e
Verb
dice
- third-person singular present indicative of dire
Anagrams
- cedi
Latin
Verb
d?ce
- second-person singular present active imperative of d?c?
References
- dice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- dice in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[3]
- dice in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dice in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle English
Noun
dice
- Alternative form of dees
Spanish
Alternative forms
- dize (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?di?e/, [?d?i.?e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /?dise/, [?d?i.se]
Verb
dice
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of decir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of decir.
Tarantino
Numeral
dice
- ten
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