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rime

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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).

[Middle English rim, from Old English hrm.]

rimy adj.

rime 2  (rm)
n. & v.
Variant of rhyme.

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

rime 2
Noun, vb
[riming, rimed] Archaic same as rhyme
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rimerime - ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
ice, water ice - water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks"
2.rimerime - correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
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')
Verb1.rime - be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat 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
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


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What chiefly makes The Book of Philip Sparrow interesting is that it is the original of our nursery rime Who Killed Cock Robin?
Shrubs are gone, Withered the grass; all chill as the white rime Of early morn.
There is no proper connection either in spelling or in meaning between rhythm and rime (which is generally misspelled 'rhyme').
 
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