Lacerate vs Dice - What's the difference?
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To tear, rip or wound.
To thoroughly defeat; to thrash
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(botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
(uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.
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That which has been diced.
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To play dice.
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To cut into small cubes.
To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Lacerate is a related term of dice.
As verbs the difference between lacerate and dice
is that lacerate is to tear, rip or wound while dice is to play dice.As an adjective lacerate
is (botany) jagged, as if torn or lacerated.As a noun dice is
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Verb
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Adjective
(-)- The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.
dice
English
(wikipedia dice)Noun
(en-noun)- I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice .
- (Original: Jedenfalls bin ich überzeugt, dass der Alte nicht würfelt. December 4, 1926. Albert Einstein. Born-Einstein Letters. Trans. Irene Born. New York: Walker and Company, 1971.)
- The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice
- Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice .
Usage notes
* The game of dice' is singular. Thus in "'''Dice''' is a game played with ' dice ," the first occurrence is singular, the second occurrence is plural. * Otherwise, 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
* (English Citations of "dice")Derived terms
* dicey * no dice * percentile dice * roll the diceVerb
(dic)- I diced not above seven times a week.
- Tyrion found Timmett dicing with his Burned Men in the barracks.