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Definition of cube verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cube

verb
 
/kjuːb/
 
/kjuːb/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cube
 
/kjuːb/
 
/kjuːb/
he / she / it cubes
 
/kjuːbz/
 
/kjuːbz/
past simple cubed
 
/kjuːbd/
 
/kjuːbd/
past participle cubed
 
/kjuːbd/
 
/kjuːbd/
-ing form cubing
 
/ˈkjuːbɪŋ/
 
/ˈkjuːbɪŋ/
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  1. [usually passive] (mathematics) to multiply a number by itself twice
    • (be) cubed 10 cubed is 1 000.
    Topics Maths and measurementc2
  2. cube something to cut food into cubes synonym dice
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French, or via Latin from Greek kubos.
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