Give an account of rice beds somehow (8)
I believe the answer is:
describe
'give an account of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'rice beds somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rice'+'beds'='ricebeds'
'ricebeds' is an anagram of 'DESCRIBE'.
(Other definitions for describe that I've seen before include "Give an account of extremely" , "Illustrate" , "Give verbal portrait of" , "provide an account" , "Tell what something is like" .)