rice

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹaɪs/

Noun

rice (countable and uncountable, plural rices)

1. (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
2. (countable) A specific variety of this plant.
3. (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
4. (uncountable, slang, ethnic slur, humorous) The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.

Verb

rice (third-person singular simple present rices, present participle ricing, simple past and past participle riced)

1. (transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
2. (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.)
3. (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
4. (computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment.

Alternative forms

• rise

Noun

rice (plural rices)

1. (now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick.
2. (weaving, obsolete) A bobbin or spool.

Anagrams

• ERIC, Eric, cire, eric, icer

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrʲit͡sɛ/, [ˈrʲit͡sə]

Verb

rice

1. third-person plural present of ricaś

Adjective

rice

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of riche (“rich”)

Noun

rice

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of riche (“realm”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈriː.t͡ʃe/

Noun

rīċe n

1. kingdom, empire
   • Rōmāna rīċe

     • the Roman Empire
   • Godes rīċe

     • the Kingdom of God
2. reign
3. authority, dominion

Adjective

rīċe

1. rich
2. powerful

Adjective

rice m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rice)

1. (Picardy) Alternative form of riche

Verb

rice

1. inflection of rizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative