paddy
noun
a rice field.
Paddies
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pluralof Paddy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
paddies
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pluralof paddy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
paddynouna rice field.
Example Sentences
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He said when the artist first told him about the idea "he talked about the idea of different Paddies who have all done interesting things".
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2023
Paddies require enough water to keep rice plants partially submerged to grow.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2015
Paddies were blackened with salt water, the rice crop destroyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The toil for Ireland once begun, We never will give o’er, Nor own a land on earth but one— We’re Paddies evermore.”
From The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde by Charles Gavan Duffy
Such subjects as Agriculture, Hokkaido, Labour, Paddies, Rice and Sericulture are indexed at length, but some matters which relate to them and are of general interest appear in the body of the Index.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott
Summer came too early to Europe's most important rice growing region and weeds are taking over Sharon Angoli's parched paddies in Italy's Pavia province.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
In the rice paddies of Buri Ram, Thailand, a sarus crane gently cleans its one-week-old chick before lingering in a quiet beak-to-beak moment.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Niigata prefecture is a coastal idyll of steep mountains and lush rice paddies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
One of Oshu’s most popular events is an annual festival featuring rice art, made from growing five different varieties of rice to form vast images on the paddies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
Naima’s aunts wore new silk sarees, rustling like wind in the rice paddies.
From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins
