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Rime Meaning & Definition
Rime Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rime?

[n] correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
[n] ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
[v] compose rhymes
[v] be similar in sound, esp. with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rime: frost | hoar | hoarfrost | rhyme | rhyme | rhyme

Related Terms | Find terms related to Rime:

See Also | agree | alliterate | alliteration | assonance | assonate | beginning rhyme | check | consonance | consonant rhyme | correspond | create verbally | eye rhyme | fit | gibe | head rhyme | ice | initial rhyme | internal rhyme | jibe | match | poem | tag | tally | verse form | versification | vowel rhyme | water ice

Rime In Webster's Dictionary

\Rime\, n. [L. rima.] A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. --Sir T. Browne.
\Rime\, n. [AS. hr[=i]m; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hr[=i]m, Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. r[=i]fo, hr[=i]fo.] White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor. The trees were now covered with rime. --De Quincey.
\Rime\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Riming}.] To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
\Rime\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A step or round of a ladder; a rung.
\Rime\, n. Rhyme. See {Rhyme}. --Coleridge. --Landor. Note: This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming into use again.
\Rime\, v. i. & t. To rhyme. See {Rhyme}.

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