English Dictionary

rice

/ɹaɪs/

verb

(transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes). / (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.)

I need to rice the potatoes for the mashed potatoes.

意味（1）

(transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).

Riced Potato. Have a flat dish and the colander hot. With a spoon, rub mashed potato through the colander on to the hot dish.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.)

In northern Minnesota the whites have invented the verb to rice, and speak of ricing, i. e., harvesting the crop of wild rice.

意味（3）

(rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).

So far as I can make out, the idiotic function of “ricing” English brides and bridegrooms is not twenty years old.

意味（4）

(computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment.