[cube] n [L cubus, fr. Gk kybos die, cube] (1551) 1 a: the regular solid of six equal square sides b: something shaped like a cube "ice ~"
2: the product got by taking a number three times as a factor
[2]cube adj (1570): raised to the third power [3]cube vt cubed ; cub.ing (1588) 1: to raise to the third power
2: to form into a cube
3: to cut partl y through (a steak) in a checkered pattern to increase tenderness by breaking the fibers -- cub.er n [4]cu.be n [AmerSp cube] (1924): any of several tropical American plants (genus Lonchocarpus) furnishing rotenone