rime

[ rahym ]

/ raɪm /

noun

Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object. Compare frost(def 3), glaze(def 17).

verb (used with object), rimed, rim·ing.

to cover with rime or hoarfrost.

Origin of rime

before 900; Middle English rim, Old English hrīm; cognate with Dutch rijm, Old Norse hrīm

OTHER WORDS FROM rime

rime·less, adjective

Words nearby rime

rima oris, rima pudendi, rima vestibuli, rimaye, rimbaud, rime, rime riche, rime suffisante, rimer, rimester, rimfire

Definition for rimes (2 of 3)

rime ²

[ rahym ]

/ raɪm /

noun, verb (used with or without object), rimed, rim·ing.

rhyme.

Definition for rimes (3 of 3)

rhyme

or rime

[ rahym ]

/ raɪm /

noun

identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.

a word agreeing with another in terminal sound: Find is a rhyme for mind and womankind.

verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines.

a poem or piece of verse having such correspondence.

verse(def 4).

verb (used with object), rhymed, rhym·ing.

to treat in rhyme, as a subject; turn into rhyme, as something in prose.

to compose (verse or the like) in metrical form with rhymes.

to use (a word) as a rhyme to another word; use (words) as rhymes.

verb (used without object), rhymed, rhym·ing.

to make rhyme or verse; versify.

to use rhyme in writing verse.

to form a rhyme, as one word or line with another: a word that rhymes with orange.

to be composed in metrical form with rhymes, as verse: poetry that rhymes.

Origin of rhyme

1250–1300; Middle English rime < Old French, derivative of rimer to rhyme < Gallo-Romance *rimāre to put in a row ≪ Old High German rīm series, row; probably not connected with Latin rhythmus rhythm, although current spelling (from c1600) apparently by association with this word

historical usage of rhyme

The spelling and etymology of the noun rhyme fall between two stools. Its Middle English forms rym (in The Canterbury Tales, from around 1387), ryym (in Wycliffe’s Bible ), and rime derive from Anglo-French, Old French, and Middle French rime, ryme. Note the absence of h in all these spellings.
The source of the French rime is from an unrecorded Gallo-Romance verb rimāre “to set in a row,” a derivative of the Germanic noun rīm “number, series,” and possibly developing the senses “series of rhymed syllables” and “rhymed verse.”
The English spelling rhyme dates from around 1600 and shows the influence of the unrelated Latin rhetorical term rhythmus “a patterned sequence of sounds; measured flow of words or phrases in prose,” a borrowing from Greek rhythmós, which has the same meanings.

OTHER WORDS FROM rhyme

rhym·er, noun in·ter·rhyme, verb (used without object), in·ter·rhymed, in·ter·rhym·ing. mis·rhymed, adjective non·rhyme, noun

non·rhymed, adjective non·rhym·ing, adjective out·rhyme, verb (used with object), out·rhymed, out·rhym·ing. un·rhyme, verb (used with object), un·rhymed, un·rhym·ing. well-rhymed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH rhyme

rhyme rhythm

Example sentences from the Web for rimes

They settled two years later, and Rimes said she just wanted her father to be her father.

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A still closer examination of other rimes tends to confirm this.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems |Geoffrey Chaucer
(a) In some metrical arrangements of foreign origin the rimes recur at irregular intervals, or there is no rime at all.

Modern Spanish Lyrics |Various
The Kentish for pit is pet (still in use), which rimes with let, set.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes |Geoffrey Chaucer

But it is clear that Chaucer here has entente as usual, and rimes it with the form shent-e, which is the pp.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes |Geoffrey Chaucer
Here the word must have been upheave, the rimes being leave, cleave, bereave.

The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays |Thomas Keightley

British Dictionary definitions for rimes (1 of 3)

rime ¹

/ (raɪm) /

noun

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

verb

(tr) to cover with rime or something resembling rime

Word Origin for rime

Old English hrīm; related to Dutch rijm, Middle High German rīmeln to coat with frost

British Dictionary definitions for rimes (2 of 3)

rime ²

/ (raɪm) /

noun, verb

an archaic spelling of rhyme

British Dictionary definitions for rimes (3 of 3)

rhyme

archaic rime

/ (raɪm) /

noun

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 the boy made up a rhyme about his teacher

any verse or piece of poetry

rhyme or reason sense, logic, or meaning this proposal has no rhyme or reason

verb

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 masculine rhyme, feminine rhyme, eye rhyme

Derived forms of rhyme

rhymeless or rimeless, adjective

Word Origin for rhyme

C12: from Old French rime, from rimer to rhyme, from Old High German rīm a number; spelling influenced by rhythm

Cultural definitions for rimes

rhyme

A similarity of sound between words, such as moon, spoon, croon, tune, and June. Rhyme is often employed in verse.

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

rime

noun

verb (used with object), rimed, rim·ing.

Origin of rime

OTHER WORDS FROM rime

Words nearby rime

Definition for rimes (2 of 3)

noun, verb (used with or without object), rimed, rim·ing.

Definition for rimes (3 of 3)

or rime

noun

verb (used with object), rhymed, rhym·ing.

verb (used without object), rhymed, rhym·ing.

Origin of rhyme

historical usage of rhyme

OTHER WORDS FROM rhyme

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH rhyme

Example sentences from the Web for rimes

British Dictionary definitions for rimes (1 of 3)

noun

verb

Word Origin for rime

British Dictionary definitions for rimes (2 of 3)

noun, verb

British Dictionary definitions for rimes (3 of 3)

archaic rime

noun

verb

Derived forms of rhyme

Word Origin for rhyme

Cultural definitions for rimes

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

rime

noun

verb (used with object), rimed, rim·ing.

Origin of rime

OTHER WORDS FROM rime

Words nearby rime

Definition for rimes (2 of 3)

noun, verb (used with or without object), rimed, rim·ing.

Definition for rimes (3 of 3)

or rime

noun

verb (used with object), rhymed, rhym·ing.

verb (used without object), rhymed, rhym·ing.

Origin of rhyme

historical usage of rhyme

OTHER WORDS FROM rhyme

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH rhyme

Words related to rimes

Example sentences from the Web for rimes

British Dictionary definitions for rimes (1 of 3)

noun

verb

Word Origin for rime

British Dictionary definitions for rimes (2 of 3)

noun, verb

British Dictionary definitions for rimes (3 of 3)

archaic rime

noun

verb

Derived forms of rhyme

Word Origin for rhyme

Cultural definitions for rimes