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cube

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  1. volume                
 
1. cube \'kyu:b\ n [ME, fr. L cubus, fr. Gk kybos cube, vertebra] 1: the 
   regular solid of six equal square sides  2: the product got by taking a 
   number three times as a factor 
2. cube vt 1: to raise to the third power  2: to form into a cube  3: to 
   cut partly through (a steak) in a checkered pattern to increase tend erness 
   by breaking the fibers - cub.er n
3. cube aj : raised to the third power 
4. cu.be \'kyu:-.ba-, kyu:-'\ n [AmerSp cube`] : any of several tropical 
   American plants furnishing rotenone