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Definition of Rime

1. Noun. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).

2. Verb. Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable. "Hat and cat rhyme"

3. Noun. Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).

4. Verb. Compose rhymes.

Definition of Rime

1. n. A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.

2. n. White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor.

3. v. i. To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

4. n. A step or round of a ladder; a rung.

5. n. Rhyme. See Rhyme.

6. v. i. & t. To rhyme. See Rhyme.

Definition of Rime

1. Noun. (context: meteorology uncountable) ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface. ¹

2. Noun. (context: meteorology uncountable) a coating or sheet of ice so formed. ¹

3. Noun. a film or slimy coating. ¹

4. Noun. (archaic except in direct borrowings from French) rhyme ¹

5. Noun. (linguistics) the 2nd part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset ¹

6. Verb. (obsolete form of rhyme) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rime

1. to rhyme [v RIMED, RIMING, RIMES] - See also: rhyme

Medical Definition of Rime

1. White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor. "The trees were now covered with rime." (De Quincey) Origin: AS. Hrim; akin to D. Rijm, Icel. Hrim, Dan. Rim, Sw. Rim; cf. D. Rijp, G. Reif, OHG. Rifo, hrifo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rime

rima rima glottidis rima oris rima palpebrarum rima respiratoria rima vestibuli rima vocalis rimae rimantadine rimantidine

rimau dahan rimbase rimbases rime (current term) rime riche rimed rimeless rimer rimers rimes

rimester rimesters rimfire rimfires rimier rimiest riminess riminesses

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