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What does rice mean?

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Noun
  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.
Verb
  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) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment.
Noun
  1. (now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick.
  2. (weaving, obsolete) A bobbin or spool.
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