rice
To squeeze through a ricerTo squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
» They eat a lot of rice.
Sie essen viel Reis. — kolonjano
Они едят много риса. — Balamax
Вони їдять багато рису. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(transitive)To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
(intransitive)To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)
(rare)To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
(transitive)To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)
- sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice
Examples
769 sentencesThey eat a lot of rice.
Вони їдять багато рису. — deniko
ruОни едят много риса. — Balamax
deSie essen viel Reis. — kolonjano
Do you eat rice every day?
Ти їси рис кожного дня? — deniko
ruТы ешь рис каждый день? — odexed
deIsst du jeden Tag Reis? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Would you like some more rice?
Ти хотів би ще рису? — deniko
How often do you eat rice?
Як часто ти їси рис? — deniko
ruКак часто вы едите рис? — marafon
I eat rice almost every day.
Я їм рис майже щодня. — deniko
ruЯ ем рис почти каждый день. — Selena777
deIch esse fast jeden Tag Reis. — wolfgangth
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from ByzantineFrom Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from an Eastern Iranian language related to Middle Persian blnc (*brinǰ), Northern Kurdish riz (beyond Euphrates) and Zazaki riz. Theorized to have come to Iranian languages from Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhi).
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Forms
rices, ricing, riced, ricedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- eat rice
- eat fried rice
- rice cooker
- a rice cooker
- brown rice
- rice every day
- eat curry rice
- fried rice
- eats brown rice
- eat rice every
- curry rice
- price of rice
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.