Rhyme

noun

/ɹaɪm/

Word Frequency: 3.0

Definitions

1.nounRhyming verse (poetic form)

"Many editors say they don't want stories written in rhyme."

2.nounA thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.

"Tennyson’s rhymes"

3.nounA word that rhymes with another.

"Norse poetry is littered with rhymes like "sól ... sunnan"."

4.nounRhyming: sameness of sound of part of some words.

"The poem exhibits a peculiar form of rhyme."

5.nounRime

6.nounNumber.

7.verbTo compose or treat in verse; versify.

8.verb(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"."

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

""India" and "windier" rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents."

10.verbTo number; count; reckon.