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Noun, Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun rice has 4 senses

rice(n = noun.food) - grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished;

has particulars: brown rice, polished rice, white rice, paddy

is a part of cultivated rice, oryza sativa

Derived form verb rice₁

rice(n = noun.plant) - annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper;

is a member of

genus oryza

oryza

has particulars: cultivated rice, oryza sativa

is a kind of cereal, cereal grass

rice(n = noun.person) sir tim rice, timothy miles bindon rice - English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944);

is a kind of lyricist, lyrist

rice(n = noun.person) elmer leopold rice, elmer reizenstein, elmer rice - United States playwright (1892-1967);

is a kind of dramatist, playwright

Verb rice has 1 sense

rice(v = verb.contact) - sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes"

Derived forms noun rice₁, noun ricer₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

rice, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. , , probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. brīzi, akin to Skr. vrīhi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.].

A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. [1913 Webster]

Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant. -- French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn. -- Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc. -- Mountain rice, any species of an American genus (Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice. -- Rice bunting. (Zoöl.) Same as Ricebird. -- Rice hen (Zoöl.), the Florida gallinule. -- Rice mouse (Zoöl.), a large dark-colored field mouse (Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States. -- Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also pith paper. -- Rice troupial (Zoöl.), the bobolink. -- Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water. -- Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera. -- Rice weevil (Zoöl.), a small beetle (Calandra oryzæ, or Sitophilus oryzæ) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also black weevil.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

rice, n. & v. n.
1 a swamp grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in marshes, esp. in Asia.
2 the grains of this, used as cereal food.
--v.tr. US sieve (cooked potatoes etc.) into thin strings.

Idiom

rice-bowl an area producing much rice. rice-paper edible paper made from the pith of an oriental tree and used for painting and in cookery.

Derivative

ricer n.

Etymology

ME rys f. OF ris f. It. riso, ult. f. Gk oruza, of oriental orig.

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ROGET THESAURUS

rice

Pulverulence

N powderiness, pulverulence, sandiness, efflorescence, friability, powder, dust, sand, shingle, sawdust, grit, meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule, crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder, flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm, pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure, limitation, tripsis, filing, mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology, powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous, arenose, arenarious, arenaceous, gritty, efflorescent, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous, pulverizable, friable, crumbly, shivery, pulverized, attrite, in pieces.

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