rime

rime ¹  (rm)

n.

1. A coating of ice, as on grass and trees, formed when extremely cold water droplets freeze almost instantly on a cold 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).

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[Middle English rim, from Old English hrm.]

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rimy adj.

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rime ²  (rm)

n. & v.

Variant of rhyme.

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rime ¹ Literary

Noun

frost formed by the freezing of water droplets in fog onto solid objects

Verb

[riming, rimed]

to cover with rime or something resembling it [Old English hrīm]

rimy adj

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rime ²

Noun, vb

[riming, rimed] Archaic same as rhyme

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rime - ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) frost, hoar, hoarfrost ice, water ice - water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks"
	2.	rime - correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) rhyme poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines versification - the form or metrical composition of a poem internal rhyme - a rhyme between words in the same line alliteration, beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme - use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran" assonance, vowel rhyme - the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words consonance, consonant rhyme - the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words double rhyme - a two-syllable rhyme; "`ended' and `blended' form a double rhyme" eye rhyme - an imperfect rhyme (e.g., `love' and `move')
Verb	1.	rime - be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme" rhyme correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" assonate - correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance; "The accented vowels assonated in this poem"
	2.	rime - compose rhymes rhyme poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form create verbally - create with or from words tag - supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes alliterate - use alliteration as a form of poetry