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- [rahym]
- /raɪm/
- /raɪm/
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- [rahym]
- /raɪm/
Definitions of rhyme word
- noun rhyme identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse. 1
- noun rhyme a word agreeing with another in terminal sound: Find is a rhyme for mind and womankind. 1
- noun rhyme verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines. 1
- noun rhyme a poem or piece of verse having such correspondence. 1
- noun rhyme verse (def 4). 1
- verb with object rhyme to treat in rhyme, as a subject; turn into rhyme, as something in prose. 1
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Origin of rhyme
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English rime < Old French, derivative of rimer to rhyme < Gallo-Romance *rimāre to put in a row ≪ Old High German rīm series, row; probably not connected with Latin rhythmus rhythm, although current spelling (from c1600) apparently by association with this word
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Rhyme
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rhyme popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rhyme usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rhyme
noun rhyme
- balladry — ballad poetry or songs
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- doggerel — comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. rude; crude; poor.
- haiku — a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
verb rhyme
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- calibrated — marked with units
- caliper — Calipers are an instrument consisting of two long, thin pieces of metal joined together at one end, and are used to measure the size of things.
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- dope out — any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
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