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rime 1 R0227200 (rīm)n.1. A white incrustation of ice formed when supercooled water droplets freeze almost instantly on contact with a solid surface.2. A coating, as of mud or slime, likened to a frosty film: "A meal couldn't leave us feeling really full unless it laid down a rime of fat globules in our mouths and stomachs" (James Fallows).tr.v. rimed, rim·ing, rimes To cover with or as if with frost or ice: "heavy [shoes] rimed with mud and cement ... from the building site" (Seamus Deane). [Middle English rim, from Old English hrīm.] rim′y adj.
rime 2 R0227200 (rīm)n. & v. Variant of rhyme.rimy (ˈraɪmɪ) adj, rimier or rimiest (Physical Geography) coated with rimeThesaurusAdj. | 1. | rimy - covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulknerrimed, frostycold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer" |
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