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- pronunciation:
- raIm
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- rhyme or reason
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a word that ends with the same vowel sound or vowel and consonant combination as another word beginning with a different sound or cluster of sounds.
"High" is a rhyme for "fly.""Sip," skip" and "trip" are rhymes for "flip." |
| definition 2: |
a similarity or identity in the sounds at the ends of two or more words or lines of verse.
Many English poems use rhyme. |
| definition 3: |
poetry or verse using words that rhyme, esp. at the ends of lines.
I've had this book of rhyme since I was child.Our mother often read us nursery rhymes at bedtime. |
| related words: |
jingle |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
rhymes, rhyming, rhymed |
| definition 1: |
to match (a word or words) with another word that ends with the same sound; use (words) as rhymes.
The poet rhymed "cheery" with "teary." |
| definition 2: |
to compose (verse or the like) using rhymes.
The poet rhymed a good deal of her poems.Some songwriters rhyme their lyrics, but others don't. |
| definition 3: |
to put (a passage of writing) into rhyme.
The students were asked to take the prose passage and rhyme it. |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to constitute a rhyme.
The words "weight" and "plate" are spelled very differently but they rhyme.The words "know" and "plow" don't rhyme. |
| definition 2: |
to compose rhymes, esp. rhyming verse.
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| definition 3: |
to use rhymes, esp. in verse.
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| phrase: |
rhyme or reason |
| derivation: |
rhymer (n.) |
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