Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cube
Participle: cubed
Gerund: cubing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cube |
| you | cube |
| he;she;it | cubes |
| we | cube |
| you | cube |
| they | cube |
Perfect
| I | have cubed |
| you | have cubed |
| he;she;it | has cubed |
| we | have cubed |
| you | have cubed |
| they | have cubed |
Past
| I | cubed |
| you | cubed |
| he;she;it | cubed |
| we | cubed |
| you | cubed |
| they | cubed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cubed |
| you | had cubed |
| he;she;it | had cubed |
| we | had cubed |
| you | had cubed |
| they | had cubed |
Future
| I | will cube |
| you | will cube |
| he;she;it | will cube |
| we | will cube |
| you | will cube |
| they | will cube |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cubed |
| you | will have cubed |
| he;she;it | will have cubed |
| we | will have cubed |
| you | will have cubed |
| they | will have cubed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cube |
| you | cube |
| he;she;it | cube |
| we | cube |
| you | cube |
| they | cube |
Perfect
| I | have cubed |
| you | have cubed |
| he;she;it | have cubed |
| we | have cubed |
| you | have cubed |
| they | have cubed |
Imperfect
| I | cubed |
| you | cubed |
| he;she;it | cubed |
| we | cubed |
| you | cubed |
| they | cubed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cubed |
| you | had cubed |
| he;she;it | had cubed |
| we | had cubed |
| you | had cubed |
| they | had cubed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cube |
| you | would cube |
| he;she;it | would cube |
| we | would cube |
| you | would cube |
| they | would cube |
Perfect
| I | would have cubed |
| you | would have cubed |
| he;she;it | would have cubed |
| we | would have cubed |
| you | would have cubed |
| they | would have cubed |
Imperative
| you | cube |
| we | Let's cube |
| you | cube |
Verbs conjugated like 'cube'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cube'
cub,
cue,
cume,
cure,
lube,
tube,
acute,
be,
bub,
cab,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1551, from L. cubus, from Gk. kybos "a cube, a die, vertebra," from PIE base *keu(b)- "to bend, turn." The verb is 1588 in the mathematical sense; 1947 with meaning "cut in cubes." Cubism first recorded 1911, from Fr. cubisme (1908).
2. From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).
3. Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables").
Sample Sentences
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Three cubed can be written as 3³, and equals twenty-seven.
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From this severe trial Mr. Nackybal emerged with distinction, having in his cubing made only twenty-five slight mistakes out of the forty-six cubes demanded, and in his rooting, out of the fifty-three extractions propounded, committed a mere matter of four trifling errors! [1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:]
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Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.
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He likes to cube now and then.