Rhyme

  • 11rhyme — I UK [raɪm] / US noun Word forms rhyme : singular rhyme plural rhymes * 1) [countable] a short poem, often for children, that has lines ending in the same sound 2) a) [countable] a word that ends with the same sound as another word rhyme for: Can …

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  • 12rhyme — rhyme1 [ raım ] noun * 1. ) count a short poem, often for children, that has lines ending in the same sound 2. ) count a word that ends with the same sound as another word: rhyme for: Can you think of a rhyme for hat? a ) uncount the use of words …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13rhyme — 1 noun 1 (C) a short poem or song, especially for children, using words that rhyme see also: nursery rhyme 2 (C) a word that rhymes with another word, for example fold and cold (+ for): I can t find a rhyme for orange . 3 (U) the use of words… …

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  • 14rhyme — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 using words that have the same sound as each other ADJECTIVE ▪ internal RHYME + NOUN ▪ scheme PREPOSITION ▪ in rhyme …

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  • 15rhyme — I n. 1) a nursery rhyme 2) (poetry) a feminine; masculine rhyme 3) (misc.) without rhyme or reason ( with no apparent reason ) II v. (D; intr., tr.) to rhyme with (this word rhymes with that word; to rhyme one word with another) * * * [raɪm]… …

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  • 16rhyme — Synonyms and related words: English sonnet, Horatian ode, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Pindaric ode, Sapphic ode, Shakespearean sonnet, accord, alba, alliterate, alliteration, anacreontic, assonance, assonate, balada, ballad, ballade, beat …

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  • 17rhyme — [[t]raɪm[/t]] n. v. rhymed, rhym•ing 1) pro identity in sound of some part, esp. the end, of words or lines of verse 2) pro a word agreeing with another in terminal sound: Find is a rhyme for mind and kind 3) pro verse or poetry having… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18rhyme — /raɪm / (say ruym) noun 1. agreement in the terminal sounds of lines of verse, or of words. 2. a word agreeing with another in terminal sound. 3. verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the line. 4. a poem or piece of… …

  • 19rhyme — {{11}}rhyme (n.) agreement in terminal sounds, 1560s, partially restored spelling, from M.E. ryme, rime (c.1200) measure, meter, rhythm, later rhymed verse (mid 13c.), from O.Fr. rime (fem.), related to O.Prov. rim (masc.), earlier *ritme, from L …

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  • 20rhyme — n. & v. n. 1 identity of sound between words or the endings of words, esp. in verse. 2 (in sing. or pl.) verse having rhymes. 3 a the use of rhyme. b a poem having rhymes. 4 a word providing a rhyme. v. 1 intr. a (of words or lines) produce a… …

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