Definitions for Rhyme
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Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rhyme, rime(noun)

   correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

2. verse, rhyme(verb)

   a piece of poetry

3. rhyme, rime(verb)

   compose rhymes

4. rhyme, rime(verb)

   be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable

   "hat and cat rhyme"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rhyme(Noun)

   Number.

2. rhyme(Noun)

   Rhyming verse (poetic form)

   Many editors say they don't want stories written in rhyme.

3. rhyme(Noun)

   A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.

   Tennyson's rhymes

4. rhyme(Noun)

   A word that rhymes with another.

5. rhyme(Noun)

   Rhyming: sameness of sound of part of some words.

   The poem exhibits a peculiar form of rhyme.

6. rhyme(Noun)

   Rhyming verse (poetic form).

7. rhyme(Noun)

   rime

8. rhyme(Verb)

   To number; count; reckon.

9. rhyme(Verb)

   To compose or treat in verse; versify.

10. rhyme(Verb)

    Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.

    "Creation" rhymes with "integration" and "station".

11. rhyme(Verb)

    Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.

12. rhyme(Verb)

    To put words together so that they rhyme.

    I rewrote it to make it rhyme.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Rhyme(noun)

   an expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language

   Etymology: [OE. ryme, rime, AS. rm number; akin to OHG. rm number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.]

2. Rhyme(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. ryme, rime, AS. rm number; akin to OHG. rm number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.]

3. Rhyme(noun)

   verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes

   Etymology: [OE. ryme, rime, AS. rm number; akin to OHG. rm number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.]

4. Rhyme(noun)

   a word answering in sound to another word

   Etymology: [OE. ryme, rime, AS. rm number; akin to OHG. rm number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.]

5. Rhyme(noun)

   to make rhymes, or verses

   Etymology: [OE. ryme, rime, AS. rm number; akin to OHG. rm number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.]

6. Rhyme(noun)

   to accord in rhyme or sound

   Etymology: [OE. ryme, rime, AS. rm number; akin to OHG. rm number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.]

7. Rhyme(verb)

   to put into rhyme

   Etymology: [OE. ryme, rime, AS. rm number; akin to OHG. rm number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.]

8. Rhyme(verb)

   to influence by rhyme

   Etymology: [OE. ryme, rime, AS. rm number; akin to OHG. rm number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rhyme

   A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, most often at the end of lines in poems and songs. The word "rhyme" may also be used as a pars pro toto to refer to a short poem, such as a rhyming couplet or other brief rhyming poem such as nursery rhymes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rhyme

   Rime, rīm, n. the recurrence of similar sounds at certain intervals: (orig.) words arranged in numbers or verse: poetry: metre: a short poem.—v.i. to correspond in sound: to harmonise: to chime: to make rhymes or verses.—v.t. to put into rhyme.—adj. Rhyme′less, without rhyme or reason: without sound or sense: neither pleasant to the mind nor to the ear.—ns. Rhyme′-lett′er, the repeated letters in alliteration (q.v.); Rhy′mer, Rhy′mist, Rī′mist, an inferior poet: a minstrel; Rhyme′-roy′al (so called from its use by King James I. of Scotland in the King's Quair), a seven-line stanza borrowed by Chaucer from the French—its formula, a b a b b c c; Rhyme′ster, a poetaster: a would-be poet.—adjs. Rhy′mic, Rī′mic.—Feminine rhyme (see Feminine); Male, or Masculine, rhyme, a rhyme in which the accent and rhyme fall on the final syllable only.—Neither rhyme nor reason, without either sound or sense.—The Rhymer, Thomas the Rhymer, the earliest poet of Scotland (flor. 1286). [Properly rime (the hy being due to the influence of Rhythm)—A.S. rim, number, cog. with Old High Ger. rīm (Ger. reim).]

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1. rhyme

   Rhymes.net -- Rhymes.net is a huge collection of rhyming words divided by senses, that also include dictionary definitions, images and nursery rhymes.

How to pronounce Rhyme?

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   British

   

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   Australian

   

   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rhyme in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Rhyme in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Rhyme in a Sentence

1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Happiness will be abundant in your life when there is love, beauty, rhythm, and rhyme.

2. Luther:

   Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have wrought their godly thoughts into verse, rhyme, and song.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Every little or big problem has a reason. Every year there is a winter season. Every trouble goes away with time, after winter spring comes with rhyme.

4. Hilaire Belloc:

   I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.

5. Gilda Radner:

   I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.

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