cuber

Senses

1. 1.

   to cube

   to cut or shape something into a cube or cubic form

2. 2.

   to cube (mathematics)

   to raise a number to the power of three

Examples

• "Cuber les pommes de terre pour la soupe."

  Cube the potatoes for the soup.

• "Il faut cuber ce nombre pour résoudre l'équation."

  You need to cube this number to solve the equation.

• "Elle a cubé les carottes avant de les faire cuire."

  She cubed the carrots before cooking them.

Usage

A regular -er verb, common in cooking contexts for cutting vegetables into cube-shaped pieces, and in mathematics for the cubic operation. Not to be confused with "curer" (to clean) or "curer" (to treat).