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Noun: rime  rIm
  1. 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
     
  2. [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
Verb: rime  rIm
Usage: archaic (=rhyme)
  1. (poetry) compose rhymes
    "The poet rimed verses late into the night";
    - rhyme
     
  2. Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
    "The words 'time' and 'rime' rime together";
    - rhyme

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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