| rice |  | |
| 1. n. Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food. | |
| 2. n. A specific variety of this plant. | |
| 3. n. The seeds of this plant used as food. | |
| 4. v. To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potato, potatoes). | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.) | |
| 6. v. (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding). | |
| 7. v. (computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. | |
| 8. n. (now chiefly dialectal Scotland Ireland) A twig or stick. | |
| 9. n. (weaving, obsolete) A bobbin or spool. | |
