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RIME

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

rhyme; rime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("rime" is a kind of...):

versification (the form or metrical composition of a poem)

Domain member category:

assonant (having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rime"):

internal rhyme (a rhyme between words in the same line)

alliteration; beginning rhyme; head rhyme; initial rhyme (use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse)

assonance; vowel rhyme (the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words)

consonance; consonant rhyme (the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words)

double rhyme (a two-syllable rhyme)

eye rhyme (an imperfect rhyme (e.g., 'love' and 'move'))

Holonyms ("rime" is a part of...):

poem; verse form (a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines)

Derivation:

rime (be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

frost; hoar; hoarfrost; rime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("rime" is a kind of...):

ice; water ice (water frozen in the solid state)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Compose rhymes

Synonyms:

rhyme; rime

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "rime" is one way to...):

create verbally (create with or from words)

Domain category:

poesy; poetry; verse (literature in metrical form)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rime"):

tag (supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes)

alliterate (use alliteration as a form of poetry)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable

Example:

hat and cat rhyme

Synonyms:

rhyme; rime

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "rime" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rime"):

assonate (correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

rime (correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds))

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