CUBE

I. noun Etymology: Latin cubus, from Greek kybos die, ~ Date: 1551 1. the regular solid of six equal square sides, something shaped like a ~ , cubicle 2, the product of a number multiplied by itself twice, II. adjective Date: 1570 raised to the third power, III. transitive verb (~d; cubing) Date: 1588 to raise to the third power, to form into a ~, to cut partly through (a steak) in a checkered pattern to increase tenderness by breaking the fibers, ~r noun IV. noun or cubé Etymology: American Spanish cubé Date: 1924 any of several tropical American plants (genus Lonchocarpus ) furnishing rotenone