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Definition of 'rhyme'Alternative forms
* (l)
* (l) (obsolete)
Noun
( en-noun)
(obsolete) Number.
(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 "'''s'''ól ... '''s unnan".
- 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 .
(countable|uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form).
(linguistics)
Hyponyms
* stave-rhyme, end rhyme
* internal rhyme, cross rhyme
* half rhyme, near rhyme:
** pararhyme, slant rhyme
* full rhyme, perfect rhyme, exact rhyme, true rhyme
Derived terms
* rhyme or reason
* eye rhyme
* female rhyme
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* male rhyme
* rhyme royal
* sight rhyme
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* nursery rhyme
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Verb
(obsolete) To number; count; reckon.
(ambitransitive) To compose or treat in verse; versify.
* 1742 , , The Dunciad , book 4, lines 101-102:
- There marched the bard and blockhead, side by side,
- Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride.
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.
To put words together so that they rhyme.
- I rewrote it to make it rhyme .
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