Definitions for: Rime

[n] correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
[n] ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
[v] compose rhymes
[v] be similar in sound, esp. with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme"

Webster (1913) Definition: Rime, n. [L. rima.]
A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. --Sir
T. Browne.

Rime, n. [AS. hr[=i]m; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hr[=i]m,
Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. r[=i]fo,
hr[=i]fo.]
White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor.

The trees were now covered with rime. --De Quincey.

Rime, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rimed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Riming.]
To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

Rime, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A step or round of a ladder; a rung.

Rime, n.
Rhyme. See Rhyme. --Coleridge. --Landor.

Note: This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is
coming into use again.

Rime, v. i. & t.
To rhyme. See Rhyme.

Synonyms: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rhyme, rhyme, rhyme

See Also: agree, alliterate, alliteration, assonance, assonate, beginning rhyme, check, consonance, consonant rhyme, correspond, create verbally, eye rhyme, fit, gibe, head rhyme, ice, initial rhyme, internal rhyme, jibe, match, poem, tag, tally, verse form, versification, vowel rhyme, water ice

Try our:
Scrabble Word Finder

Scrabble Cheat

Words With Friends Cheat

Hanging With Friends Cheat

Scramble With Friends Cheat

Ruzzle Cheat

Related Resources:
animlas that start with e