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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rhyme /raɪm/USA pronunciation n., v., rhymed, rhym•ing. n. - Poetry similarity or sameness in sound of the end of words or lines of verse:[uncountable]the use of rhyme.
- Poetry[countable] a word that has the same sounds at the end: The word find is a rhyme for mind and kind.
- Poetry[countable] a poem having lines with such agreement in the final sounds.
v. - Poetryto use (a word) as a rhyme to another word;
use (words) as rhymes: [~ + object]See if you can rhyme the word "dog'' with some other word in English.[~ + with + object* not: be + ~-ing]Although they are written alike, the word rain does not rhyme with again.[no object* not: be + ~-ing]The words rain and again do not rhyme.
Idioms- Poetry, Idioms rhyme or reason, (used with negative words or phrases) logic, sense, or method:There was no rhyme or reason to their actions.
rhym•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rhyme (rīm),USA pronunciation n., v., rhymed, rhym•ing. n. - Poetryidentity in sound of some part, esp. the end, of words or lines of verse.
- Poetrya word agreeing with another in terminal sound: Find is a rhyme for mind and womankind.
- Poetryverse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines.
- Poetrya poem or piece of verse having such correspondence.
- Poetryverse (def. 4).
- Poetry rhyme or reason, logic, sense, or plan:There was no rhyme or reason for what they did.
v.t. - Poetryto treat in rhyme, as a subject;
turn into rhyme, as something in prose. - Poetryto compose (verse or the like) in metrical form with rhymes.
- Poetryto use (a word) as a rhyme to another word;
use (words) as rhymes.
v.i. - Poetryto make rhyme or verse;
versify. - Poetryto use rhyme in writing verse.
- Poetryto form a rhyme, as one word or line with another:a word that rhymes with orange.
- Poetryto be composed in metrical form with rhymes, as verse:poetry that rhymes.
Also, rime. - Gallo-Romance *rimāre to put in a row Old High German rīm series, row; probably not connected with Latin rhythmus rhythm, although current spelling, spelled (from c1600) apparently by association with this word
- Old French, derivative of rimer to rhyme
- Middle English rime 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rhyme, (archaic)rime /raɪm/ n - identity of the terminal sounds in lines of verse or in words
- a word that is identical to another in its terminal sound: ``while'' is a rhyme for ``mile''
- a verse or piece of poetry having corresponding sounds at the ends of the lines
- rhyme or reason ⇒ sense, logic, or meaning
vb - to use (a word) or (of a word) to be used so as to form a rhyme; be or make identical in sound
- to render (a subject) into rhyme
- to compose (verse) in a metrical structure
See also eye rhymeEtymology: 12th Century: from Old French rime, from rimer to rhyme, from Old High German rīm a number; spelling influenced by rhythm |