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rhyme
[rahym]
noun
identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
a word agreeing with another in terminal sound: Find is a rhyme for mind and womankind.
verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines.
a poem or piece of verse having such correspondence.
verb (used with object)
to treat in rhyme, as a subject; turn into rhyme, as something in prose.
to compose (verse or the like) in metrical form with rhymes.
to use (a word) as a rhyme to another word; use (words) as rhymes.
verb (used without object)
to make rhyme or verse; versify.
to use rhyme in writing verse.
to form a rhyme, as one word or line with another.
a word that rhymes with orange.
to be composed in metrical form with rhymes, as verse.
poetry that rhymes.
rhyme
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noun
identity of the terminal sounds in lines of verse or in words
a word that is identical to another in its terminal sound
``while'' is a rhyme for ``mile''
a verse or piece of poetry having corresponding sounds at the ends of the lines
the boy made up a rhyme about his teacher
any verse or piece of poetry
sense, logic, or meaning
this proposal has no rhyme or reason
verb
to use (a word) or (of a word) to be used so as to form a rhyme; be or make identical in sound
to render (a subject) into rhyme
to compose (verse) in a metrical structure
rhyme
A similarity of sound between words, such as moon, spoon, croon, tune, and June. Rhyme is often employed in verse.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- rhymer noun
- interrhyme verb (used without object)
- misrhymed adjective
- nonrhyme noun
- nonrhymed adjective
- nonrhyming adjective
- outrhyme verb (used with object)
- unrhyme verb (used with object)
- well-rhymed adjective
- ˈ°ù³ó²â³¾±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of rhyme1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of rhyme1
Idioms and Phrases
rhyme or reason, logic, sense, or plan.
There was no rhyme or reason for what they did.
Example Sentences
Saunders said interpreting the messages was "a long and complicated process", due to the blend of coded language, Romany slang and Cockney rhyming slang used.
Mark Twain said that “history never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.â€
Mark Twain once said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.â€
He did, however, do a cut from his second-most-recent effort: a stately rendition of Tom Waits’ “Last Leaf,†in which he rhymes “They say I got staying power†with “I’ve been here since Eisenhower.â€
She called the mayor’s proposed budget “a hatchet to so many programs that Angelenos rely on†and said there was no “rhyme or reason†to some of the suggested cuts.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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