Pronunciation Noun
rhyme
- (countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)
- Many editors say they don't want stories written in rhyme.
- A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.
- Tennyson’s rhymes
- (countable) A word that rhymes with another.
- Norse poetry is littered with rhymes like "sól ... sunnan".
- Rap makes use of rhymes such as "money ... honey" and "nope ... dope".
- (countable, in particular) A word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
- "Awake" is a rhyme for "lake".
- (uncountable) Rhyming: sameness of sound of part of some words.
- The poem exhibits a peculiar form of rhyme.
- (linguistics) rime#Etymology 2|rime
- (obsolete) Number.
rhyme (rhymes, present participle rhyming; past and past participle rhymed)
- (ambitransitive) To compose or treat in verse; versify.
- 1742, Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, book 4, lines 101-102:
- There marched the bard and blockhead, side by side,
- Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride.
- 1742, Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, book 4, lines 101-102:
- (intransitive, followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
- "Creation" rhymes with "integration" and "station".
- (reciprocal) Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.
- "Mug" and "rug" rhyme.
- "India" and "windier" rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents.
- I rewrote the story to make it rhyme.
- (transitive, obsolete) To number; count; reckon.
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