HyperDic: rime

English > 4 senses of the word *rime*:
NOUN	substance	rime, frost, hoar, hoarfrost	ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
NOUN	communication	rime, rhyme	correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final / final sounds)
VERB	stative	rime, rhyme	be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
VERB	creation	rime, rhyme	compose rhymes

English > *rime*: 4 senses > noun 1, substance
Meaning	ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
Synonyms	frost, hoar, hoarfrost
Broader	ice, water ice	water frozen / frozen in the solid state
Spanish	escarcha, helada, hoar
Catalan	gebre, gelada, glaçada, hoar

English > *rime*: 4 senses > noun 2, communication
Meaning	correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final / final sounds).
Synonym	rhyme
Category of	assonant	Having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables
Part of	poem, verse form	A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Narrower	alliteration, initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme	Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
	assonance, vowel rhyme	The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
	consonance, consonant rhyme	The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
	double rhyme	A two-syllable rhyme
	eye rhyme	An imperfect rhyme (e.g., 'love' and 'move')
	internal rhyme	A rhyme between words in the same line
Broader	versification	The form or metrical composition of a poem
Spanish	rima
Catalan	rima
Verbs	rime	be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable

English > *rime*: 4 senses > verb 1, stative
Meaning	Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonym	rhyme
Narrower	assonate	correspond in vowel sounds
Broader	match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree	satisfy a condition or restriction
Spanish	rimar
Catalan	rimar
Nouns	rime	correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final / final sounds)

English > *rime*: 4 senses > verb 2, creation
Meaning	Compose rhymes.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonym	rhyme
Category	poetry, poesy, verse	literature in metrical form
Narrower	alliterate	Use alliteration as a form of poetry
Narrower	tag	Supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
Broader	create verbally	create with or from words
Spanish	rimar

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