Noun: rime rIm
Usage: archaic (=rhyme)
- Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
"The trees were covered in a delicate layer of rime on the cold winter morning";
- frost, hoar, hoarfrost
- [archaic] Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
"In older texts, you might see 'rime' used instead of 'rhyme'";
- rhyme
Usage: archaic (=rhyme)
- (poetry) compose rhymes
"The poet rimed verses late into the night";
- rhyme
- Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
"The words 'time' and 'rime' rime together";
- rhyme
Sounds like:
Derived forms: rimed, rimes, riming
Type of: agree, check, correspond, create verbally, fit, gibe, ice, jibe, marry, marry up, match, square, tally, versification, water ice
Part of: poem, verse form
Encyclopedia: Rime