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noun
verb (used with object)
2.
to cover with rime or hoarfrost.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English rim, Old English hrīm; cognate with Dutch rijm, Old Norse hrīm
before 900; Middle English rim, Old English hrīm; cognate with Dutch rijm, Old Norse hrīm
Related forms
rime·less, adjective
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rhyme or rime (raɪm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | identity of the terminal sounds in lines of verse or in words |
| 2. | a word that is identical to another in its terminal sound: ``while'' is a rhyme for ``mile'' |
| 3. | a verse or piece of poetry having corresponding sounds at the ends of the lines: the boy made up a rhyme about his teacher |
| 4. | any verse or piece of poetry |
| 5. | rhyme or reason sense, logic, or meaning: this proposal has no rhyme or reason |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to use (a word) or (of a word) to be used so as to form a rhyme; be or make identical in sound |
| 7. | to render (a subject) into rhyme |
| 8. | to compose (verse) in a metrical structure |
| [C12: from Old French rime, from rimer to rhyme, from Old High German rīm a number; spelling influenced by | |
| rime or rime | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C12: from Old French rime, from rimer to rhyme, from Old High German rīm a number; spelling influenced by | |
| 'rhymeless or rime | |
| —adj | |
| 'rimeless or rime | |
| —adj | |
| rime1 (raɪm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to cover with rime or something resembling rime |
| [Old English hrīm; related to Dutch rijm, Middle High German rīmeln to coat with frost] | |
| rime2 (raɪm) | |
| —n, —vb | |
| an archaic spelling of rhyme | |
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Word Origin & History
rime
"hoarfrost," O.E. hrim, from P.Gmc. *khrima- (cf. O.N. hrim, Du. rijm, Ger. Reif). O.Fr. rime is of Gmc. origin. Rare in M.E., surviving mainly in Scottish and northern Eng., revived in literary use late 18c.
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Example sentences
The droplets coat snow crystals with still more crystals, and that frost is called rime.
A: higher temperatures, fatigue lives are altered due to rime-dependent, thermally activated creep.
Chunks of rime ice were crashing against the observatory windows.
Rime ice typically forms in an aerodynamic shape, on both rotating and static engine hardware.
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