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cube
Noun
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A cube is a shape that has six square faces of the same size.
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A cube is also a solid object that as more or less this shape.
Children play with cubes.
I usually take two sugar cubes with my coffee.
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The cube of a number n is this number multiplied three times by itself. Its symbol is nsup3/sup.
The cube of 3 is 27, also written 3sup3/sup.
cube
Verb
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To cube a number is multiplying this number three times by itself.
3 cubed is 27.
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To give something the shape of a cube.
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To cut something into cubes.
To cube the meat.
like
Adjective
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similar or the same
She's very like her mother.
Japan is becoming more like the U.S.
They were dressed in like manner.
like
Verb
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To be happy about someone or something; to think that someone or something is good.
I like good food.
like
Noun
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A like is something that you think is good.
Our own likes and dislikes are shaped by what our parents liked.
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At the end of a list of things, and the like means: and other similar things.
She's good at science, math, and the like.
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You use the likes of someone to show that you don't think that person is a good person.
You shouldn't be hanging around with the likes of him.
like
Interjection
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You use like, when you are trying to think about the right words.
He's really, like you know, uh... difficult.
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You use like when the information isn't exactly true.
We went there when we were like five years old.
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You use like when you are trying to make something sound softer.
OK, like, why don't you try going there.
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You use like before what somebody said.
So, I'm like, "What do you mean." And he's like, "you know what I mean."
continuum
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noun
a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts