rice

1. (transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).Examples: "Riced Potato. Have a flat dish and the colander hot. With a spoon, rub mashed potato through the colander on to the hot dish."; "Following ricing, the potato mash proceeds to the drum drier where flaking is done."; "Last night I riced the potatoes and added in the cream and butter while they were hot, so today wll we have to do is add flour and roll them out."transitive

2. (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)Examples: "In northern Minnesota the whites have invented the verb "to rice," and speak of "ricing," i. e., harvesting the crop of wild rice."; "When ricing, the Ojibway dress warmly at first; by midday they may shed some clothes as harvest toil combines with the hot sun of late summer to warm them."; "As it was, the Indian seldom bothered to harvest wild rice on public waters after opening day of the ricing season."intransitive

3. (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).Examples: "So far as I can make out, the idiotic function of “ricing” English brides and bridegrooms is not twenty years old."; "The couple was well riced and sent on their way."; "As the reception ended the two newlyweds were riced to death and fled into an awaiting getaway car and drove off...followed by a stream of tin cans."rare

4. (computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)transitive

1. (now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick.Examples: "To guard the bank from the impression of the water, a fence, OF STAKE AND RICE, may be made along the bottom of it next the sea, which will last till the surface on that side is sufficiently swarded, and the mound properly consolidated."; "Another form of dead-hedge is the stake-and-rice, and it is formed of the branches of forest trees; and where these are plentiful and thorns scarce, it is an economical dead fence."; ""Gilbert White, the well-known naturalist, in a letter dated Selborne, Oct. 4th, 1775, says, 'Our people here, you know, call coppice-wood or hedge-wood rice or rise. Is this word still in use in that neighbourhood? And is it also known in Surrey?""IrelandScotlanddialectal

2. (weaving, obsolete) A bobbin or spool.Examples: "[…] taken unlawfully from the same house five "machines called 'Engine-Weaving Loomes' worth thirty pounds, and two ounces of silke worth five shillings, and two joynt-stooles worth three shillings, and a pair of 'Rices to wind silke on' worth four shillings […]"; "The hanks are placed upon light, collapsible hexagon reels termed rices, which are easily lifted out of their position for the reception of the hank."; "Swift (rice) Skein holder, hank holder."obsolete

1. (medicine) Acronym of rest, ice, compression, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”).Examples: "The care manager greeted Beth and Jim as they prepared to leave, […] and offered to give them brochures about RICE and physical therapy […] After the RICE therapy, Dr. Meredith recommended rehab for strengthening the ankle so that Beth could return to her physical fitness […]"; "The RICE method is a simple self-care technique that aims to reduce swelling, ease pain, and speed up healing."abbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable

2. (medicine) Acronym of rest, immobilization, cold, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”).abbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable

3. (chemistry) Acronym of reaction, initial, change, equilibrium (“a tabular system for keeping track of changing concentrations in an equilibrium reaction”).abbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable