RICE (medicine)
WordNet

noun


(1)   Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
(2)   United States playwright (1892-1967)
(3)   English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
(4)   Annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper

verb


(5)   Sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice
"Rice the potatoes"
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Etymology


< < < < ; cf. Sanskrit .

Noun



  1. Cereal plants (Oryza sativa) of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
  2. The seeds of this plant used as food.

Verb



  1. to squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces
  2. to belittle a government emissary on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state

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