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

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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

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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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