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1Vice (disambiguation) — Vice is the opposite of virtue.Vice may also refer to:As the opposite of virtue: *Vice (character), a common character representing evil in medieval morality plays *Vice (King of Fighters), a video game character from the King of Fighters series… …
2Screw thread — Internal and external threads illustrated using a common nut and bolt. The screw and nut pair can be used to convert torque into linear force. As the screw (or bolt) is rotated, the screw moves along its axis through the fixed nut, or the non… …
3vice — Including the prefix vice , English has three distinct words vice. The oldest, ‘wickedness’ [13], comes via Old French vice from Latin vitium ‘defect, offence’, which also gave English vicious [14], vitiate [16], and vituperate [16]. Vice ‘tool… …
4vice — Including the prefix vice , English has three distinct words vice. The oldest, ‘wickedness’ [13], comes via Old French vice from Latin vitium ‘defect, offence’, which also gave English vicious [14], vitiate [16], and vituperate [16]. Vice ‘tool… …
5vice — I. /vaɪs / (say vuys) noun 1. an immoral or evil habit or practice; a grave moral fault. 2. immoral conduct or life; indulgence in impure or degrading practices. 3. a particular form of depravity. 4. a fault, defect, or imperfection: a vice of… …
6vice — 1. n. 1 a evil or grossly immoral conduct. b a particular form of this, esp. involving prostitution, drugs, etc. 2 a depravity, evil. b an evil habit; a particular form of depravity (has the vice of gluttony). 3 a defect of character or behaviour …
7vice — Vise Vise, n. [F. vis a screw, winding stairs, OF. vis, viz, fr. L. vitis a vine; probably akin to E. withy.] An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing. [Written also… …
8vice — vice1 [vʌɪs] noun 1》 immoral or wicked behaviour. ↘criminal activities which involve prostitution, pornography, or drugs. ↘an immoral or wicked personal characteristic. 2》 a weakness of character; a bad habit. ↘(also stable vice) a… …
9Vice — A spiral staircase. This word was also used of the screw mechanism of the early printing press. [< Fr. vis = a vine, thus like the twisting tendrils of the vine.] …
10Vice — ♦ Spiral staircase. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 415) Note: from vis French = screw, vitis Latin = vine Related terms: Newel …