vice

vice ¹  (vs)

n.

1.

a. An evil, degrading, or immoral practice or habit.

b. A serious moral failing.

c. Wicked or evil conduct or habits; corruption.

2. Sexual immorality, especially prostitution.

3.

a. A slight personal failing; a foible: the vice of untidiness.

b. A flaw or imperfection; a defect.

4. A physical defect or weakness.

5. An undesirable habit, such as crib-biting, in a domestic animal.

6.

a. Vice A character representing generalized or particular vice in English morality plays.

b. A jester or buffoon.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vitium.]

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vice ²  (vs)

n. & v.

Variant of vise.

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vi·ce ³  (vs, -s)

prep.

In place of; replacing.

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[Latin ablative of *vix, change; see vice-.]

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vice ¹

Noun

1. an immoral or evil habit or action: greed is only one of their vices

2. a habit regarded as a weakness in someone's character: one of his few vices is cigars

3. criminal activities involving sex, drugs, or gambling [Latin vitium a defect]

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vice ² or US vise

Noun

a tool with a pair of jaws for holding an object while work is done on it [Latin vitis vine, plant with spiralling tendrils]

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vice ³

Adjective

serving in the place of; being next in importance to: the vice chairman [Latin vicis interchange]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vice - moral weakness                       frailty evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
	2.	vice - a specific form of evildoing; "vice offends the moral standards of the community" gambling, gaming, play - the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" evildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father" intemperateness, intemperance - consumption of alcoholic drinks

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vice

noun 1. fault, failing, weakness, limitation, defect, deficiency, flaw, shortcoming, blemish, imperfection, frailty, foible, weak point, infirmity << OPPOSITE good point

noun 2. wickedness, evil, corruption, sin, depravity, immorality, iniquity, profligacy, degeneracy, venality, turpitude, evildoing << OPPOSITE virtue

Translations

vice [vaɪs] n (= evil) → vicio;

(TECH) → torno de banco

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vice [vaɪs] n (= evil) → vice m;

(Tech) → étau m

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vice [vaɪs] n (moral fault) → Laster nt;

(Tech) → Schraubstock m

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vice [vaɪs] n (= evil) → vizio;

(TECH) → morsa

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vice¹

n vice [vais]

a kind of strong tool for holding an object firmly, usually between two metal jaws The carpenter held the piece of wood in a vice; He has a grip like a vice. klem, draaibank مِلْزَمَه менгеме svěrák skruestik der Schraubstock μέγγενη torno de banco kruustangid گیره آهنگری و نجاری ruuvipenkki étau מֶלחָצַיִים व्यसन škripac satu tanggam skrúfstykki morsa, morsetto 万力 부도덕, 악덕 spaustuvai, žnyplės skrūvspīles ragum bankschroef skrustikke, tang imadło torno men­ghină тиски zverák primež stega skruvstäd คีมจับ mengene 老虎鉗 лещата کسي پرزہ کو مضبوطي سے پکڑنے کا ايک آلہ mỏ cặp, êtô 老虎钳