rime

/ษนaษชm/

IPA: /R AY1 M/

noun
  1. 1

    Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.

  2. 2

    A coating or sheet of ice so formed.

  3. 3

    A film or slimy coating.

verb
  1. 1

    To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

verb
  1. 1

    To compose or treat in verse; versify.

  2. 2

    (followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.

    โ€œ"Creation" rhymes with "integration" and "station".โ€

  3. 3

    Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.

    โ€œ"India" and "windier" rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents.โ€

  4. 4

    To number; count; reckon.

noun
  1. 1

    Number.

  2. 2

    Rhyme.

    โ€œSamuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in the 18th century.โ€

  3. 3

    The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.

noun
  1. 1

    A step of a ladder; a rung.

noun
  1. 1

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

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rime