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RIME
rhyme, rime
(noun) correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime
(noun) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
rhyme, rime
(verb) compose rhymes
rhyme, rime
(verb) be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; “hat and cat rhyme”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
rime (countable and uncountable, plural rimes)
(meteorology) Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
Synonyms: hoarfrost, frost
(meteorology) A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
A film or slimy coating.
Verb
rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)
To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
Etymology 2
Noun
rime (plural rimes)
(obsolete or dialectal) Number.
(archaic except in direct borrowings from French) Rhyme.
(linguistics) The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.
Coordinate term: onset
Meronyms: nucleus, coda
Verb
rime (third-person singular simple present rimes, present participle riming, simple past and past participle rimed)
Obsolete form of rhyme.
Etymology 3
Noun
rime (plural rimes)
A step of a ladder; a rung.
Etymology 4
Noun
rime (plural rimes)
A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
Anagrams
• IMer, Meir, Meri, Mire, emir, meri, mire, reim, riem
Source: Wiktionary
Rime, n. Etym: [L. rima.]
Definition: A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. Sir T. Browne.
Rime, n. Etym: [AS. hrim; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hrim, Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. rifo, hrifo.]
Definition: 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.]
Definition: To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
Rime, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A step or round of a ladder; a rung.
Rime, n.
Definition: Rhyme. See Rhyme. Coleridge. Landor.
Note: This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming into use again.
Rime, v. i. & t.
Definition: To rhyme. See Rhyme.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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