dice up
B1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To cut something, usually food, into lots of small square pieces.
Literal meaning: To cut something up into dice-shaped (cube-shaped) pieces.
Meanings
1 B1 neutral
To cut food into small, even, cube-shaped pieces.
"Dice up the peppers and onions before adding them to the pan."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Primarily used in cooking contexts. 'Dice up' is an emphatic or informal version of 'dice'. The 'up' particle emphasises the completion of the cutting action. More common in informal speech than in formal recipes.
Commonly used with
onion tomatoes carrots chicken peppers potatoes
Forms
Base
dice up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
dices up
he/she/it
Past simple
diced up
yesterday
Past participle
diced up
have + pp
-ing form
dicing up
continuous
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