rhymed, rhyming, riming
(adjective) having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds; “rhymed verse”; “rhyming words”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
riming
present participle of rime
riming (not comparable)
(rare) That rimes (i.e., covers with rime or hoar frost) something.
riming (uncountable)
(Irish English, now rare, done to wool or yarn) The action or process of dying red-brown by steeping in water with alder twigs.
riming (uncountable)
The process of riming (i.e., covering with rime or hoar frost).
• MRIing, miring
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
27 December 2024
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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