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- [rahym]
- /raɪm/
- /raɪm/
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- [rahym]
- /raɪm/
Definitions of rime word
- noun rime identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse. 1
- noun rime a word agreeing with another in terminal sound: Find is a rhyme for mind and womankind. 1
- noun rime verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines. 1
- noun rime a poem or piece of verse having such correspondence. 1
- noun rime verse (def 4). 1
- verb with object rime to treat in rhyme, as a subject; turn into rhyme, as something in prose. 1
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Origin of rime
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English rim, Old English hrīm; cognate with Dutch rijm, Old Norse hrīm
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Parts of speech for Rime
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rime popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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".
rime usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rime
noun rime
- balladry — ballad poetry or songs
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- cleft — A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it.
- clough — a gorge or narrow ravine
- doggerel — comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. rude; crude; poor.
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