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 Definitions of rhyme  [ɪm]  

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Definition of 'rhyme' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) rhyme
identity in sound of some part, esp. the end, of words or lines of verse.

2.  rhyme
a word agreeing with another in terminal sound: Find is a rhyme for mind and kind.

3.  rhyme
verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines.

4.  rhyme
a poem or piece of verse having such correspondence.

5. (v.t.) rhyme
to treat in rhyme, as a subject; turn into rhyme, as something in prose.

6.  rhyme
to compose (verse or the like) in metrical form with rhymes.

7.  rhyme
to use (a word) as a rhyme to another word; use (words) as rhymes.

8. (v.i.) rhyme
to make rhyme or verse.

9.  rhyme
to use rhyme in writing verse.

10.  rhyme
to form a rhyme, as one word or line with another.

11.  rhyme
to be composed in metrical form with rhymes, as verse.


Definition of 'rhyme' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) rhyme, rime
correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

2. (verb) verse, rhyme
a piece of poetry

3. (verb) rhyme, rime
compose rhymes

4. (verb) rhyme, rime
be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
"hat and cat rhyme"


Definition of 'rhyme' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) rhyme
a word that has the same sound or ends with the same sound as another
The poet chose "spark" to rhyme with "dark."

2.  rhyme
the use of rhymes
She tells the story in rhyme.

3.  rhyme
in rhyme
a short poem using rhymes
a children's rhyme

4. (verb) rhyme
to have or end with a similar sound
"Drain" rhymes with "rain."; Do the two words rhyme?

5.  rhyme
(of a poem) to have words that make rhymes
The poem doesn't rhyme.

6.  rhyme
to put words together to make a rhyme
Can I rhyme "strong" and "brown"?


Definition of 'rhyme' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) rhyme
an expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language

2. (noun) rhyme
correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any

3. (noun) rhyme
verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes

4. (noun) rhyme
a word answering in sound to another word

5. (noun) rhyme
to make rhymes, or verses

6. (noun) rhyme
to accord in rhyme or sound

7. (verb) rhyme
to put into rhyme

8. (verb) rhyme
to influence by rhyme


Translation of 'rhyme' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a short poem
a book of rhymes for children.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rympie Arabic flag Arabic: قصيده قَصيرَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: стихче
Brazilian flag Brazilian: poema Czech flag Czech: říkanka German flag German: der Reim
Danish flag Danish: rim; vers Greek flag Greek: ποιηματάκι Spanish flag Spanish: poema
Estonian flag Estonian: luuletus Farsi flag Farsi: شعر کوتاه Finnish flag Finnish: runo
French flag French: vers, poème Hebrew flag Hebrew: חָרוּז Hindi flag Hindi: तुकबंदी
Croatian flag Croatian: rima, stih Hungarian flag Hungarian: vers Indonesian flag Indonesian: puisi pendek
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vísa Italian flag Italian: poesia Japanese flag Japanese: 短い詩
Korean flag Korean: 압운(押韻) Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: eilėraštukas Latvian flag Latvian: dzejolītis; pantiņš
Malay flag Malay: sajak Dutch flag Dutch: rijmpje Norwegian flag Norwegian: vers, barnerim
Polish flag Polish: wierszyk Persian flag Persian: شعر کوتاه Pashto flag Pashto: قافيه ، نظم، قافيه لرونكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: poema Romanian flag Romanian: poezie, versuri Russian flag Russian: стишок
Slovak flag Slovak: riekanka Slovenian flag Slovenian: pesmica Serbian flag Serbian: rimovana pesmica
Swedish flag Swedish: vers, ramsa Thai flag Thai: บทกวี Turkish flag Turkish: kısa şiir
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 順口溜 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: римований вірш Urdu flag Urdu: نظم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bài thơ ngắn Chinese flag Chinese: 押韵的短诗短诗

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