"vice" meaning in English

See vice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vaɪs/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-vice.ogg [US] Forms: vice [singular], vices [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A vice is an immoral or bad habit.
    Sense id: simple-vice-en-noun-jROp5iIb
  2. A vice is an instrument that consists of two jaws and is closed by a screw or lever. It is used for holding work, such as filing. Tags: UK
    Sense id: simple-vice-en-noun-dYHgh2ZK

Verb

IPA: /vaɪs/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-vice.ogg [US] Forms: vice [canonical], vices [third-person, singular], viced [past], viced [past, participle], vicing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|vic|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you vice something, you clamp it with a vice.
    Sense id: simple-vice-en-verb-9d12LemY
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