PADDY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Paddy mean? 

• PADDY (noun)
  The noun PADDY has 3 senses:

1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent

2. an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

3. rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

  Familiarity information: PADDY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PADDY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mick; Mickey; Paddy

Hypernyms ("Paddy" is a kind of...):

Irishman (a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

ethnic slur (a slur on someone's race or language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

paddy; paddy field; rice paddy

Hypernyms ("paddy" is a kind of...):

field (a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("paddy" is a kind of...):

rice (grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished)

 Context examples 

Methane is produced by bacteria that digest straw ploughed back into fields in paddy fields to enrich it.

(Course grains better than rice for health, environment, SciDev.Net)

Coarse grains are now gaining recognition as nutrient-rich and having desirable attributes such as drought-tolerance resilience to climate change, improving soil conditions and releasing less GhGs like methane, especially when compared to rice paddies.

(Course grains better than rice for health, environment, SciDev.Net)

Additionally, if the suggested dietary changes are made, India’s agricultural GhG emissions could be reduced by up to 25 per cent. Rice paddies are a human-made source of methane, a GhG, but one that can be controlled.

(Course grains better than rice for health, environment, SciDev.Net)

Shifting away from white, polished rice to a diet that includes more wheat and coarse grains can improve how Indians deal with micronutrient deficiencies, and reduce greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions associated with paddy cultivation.

(Course grains better than rice for health, environment, SciDev.Net)