paddy
paddy
Definition
paddy (pad′ē)
noun pl. -·dies
- rice in the husk, growing or gathered
- rice in general
- a rice field
Etymology: Malay padi, rice in the husk
Paddy
Definition
Paddy (pad′ē)
paddy
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- throw: Before they know it they are getting ready for bed instead of throwing a paddy because they didn't want to wash their teeth.
- have: For her maintenance she had only some paddy which she could process into rice and eat without any condiments.
- pass: In addition, when driving from Hanoi toward Xuan Thuy one passes many rice paddies where waders and possibly rails should be found.
- irrigate: Local farmers used water polluted from a nearby zinc mine to irrigate rice paddies.
- grow: The increasing prices for organically grown paddy and the increased paddy yield serve as incentives for taking to organic farming.
- terrace: As one progresses toward the coast, the olive groves give way to the terraced rice paddies and then to tea plantations.
Adjective modifier
- green: These were once vibrant, green rice paddies; the tsunami reduced them to lifeless hinterlands where not even weeds will grow.
- bright: Along the way, you'll pass by quaint villages and bright green rice paddies.
- wet: This site includes forest trails, a small marsh and wet paddies.
- verdant: Southern Taiwan Southern Taiwan is a land of contrasts, where bustling modern cities are surrounded by verdant rice paddies.
- emerald: Youll cruise along the palm-lined rivers, lagoons and emerald green rice paddies synonymous with Kerala.
- disused: The main areas to check here are the small marsh including the disused rice paddies, the roadside trees and the forest trails.
Modifies a noun
- field: The trek back out to the paddy fields put paid to the " easy day " theory!
- wagon: Australian police forces also purchased fleets of panel vans to use in a black maria, or paddy wagon, role.
- rice: The recent decline in the price paid for paddy rice has caused hardship to farmers throughout the delta.
- crop: To make things worse, the paddy crop transplanted at the end of September has been badly damaged.
- farmer: By the way this jar manufacturer is a full time paddy farmer who does jar making as a part time business.
- cultivation: Most people in this area rely on irrigated paddy cultivation and subsistence farming, and drought affects the livelihoods of these people.
Noun used with modifier
- rice: Further down the road we tried a patch of rice paddy where a group of water buffalo were grazing.
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