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Rhyme

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Noun

1. rhyme, rime

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

2. rhyme, verse

a piece of poetry

Verb

3. rhyme, rime

compose rhymes

4. rhyme, rime

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

Example Sentences:
'hat and cat rhyme'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rhyme

see synonyms of rhyme
noun
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
verb
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

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rhyme

see synonyms of rhyme
noun
1. 
a piece of verse, or poem, in which there is a regular recurrence of corresponding sounds, esp. at the ends of lines
2. 
such verse or poetry in general
3. 
correspondence of sound between stressed syllables at the ends of words or lines of verse; specif., perfect rhyme (sense 1)
4. 
a word that corresponds with another in sound, esp. end sound
verb intransitiveWord forms: rhymed or ˈrhyming
5. 
to make verse, esp. rhyming verse
6. 
to form a rhyme
“more” rhymes with “door”
7. 
to be composed in metrical form with rhymes
8. 
to be in accord or agreement
the eyewitness accounts rhyme on the essential points
verb transitive
9. 
to put into rhyme
10. 
to compose in metrical form with rhymes
11. 
to use as a rhyme or rhymes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rhyme

see synonyms of rhyme
n.
1. Correspondence of sounds at the ends of words or phrases, especially when involving the last stressed vowel and all succeeding sounds in each of two or more such words or phrases.
2. A word that exhibits such correspondence with another, as behold and cold.
3.
a. A poem or verse employing such correspondence as a formal feature, especially at the ends of lines.
b. Poetry or verse of this kind.
v. rhymed, rhym·ing, rhymes also rimed or rim·ing or rimes
v.intr.
1. To form a rhyme.
2. To compose rhymes or verse.
3. To make use of rhymes in composing verse.
v.tr.
1. To put into rhyme or compose with rhymes.
2. To use (a word or words) as a rhyme.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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