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rhyme



rhyme [rhyme rhymes rhymed rhyming] noun, verb BrE [raɪm] NAmE [raɪm]
noun
1. countable a word that has the same sound or ends with the same sound as another word
Can you think of a rhyme for ‘beauty’?
2. countable a short poem in which the last word in the line has the same sound as the last word in another line, especially the next one
children's rhymes and stories
see also nursery rhyme
3. uncountable the use of words in a poem or song that have the same sound, especially at the ends of lines
a poem written in rhyme
the poet's use of rhyme
a poem with an unusual rhyme scheme
a poem without rhyme

Word Origin:
Middle English rime, from Old French, from medieval Latin rithmus, via Latin from Greek rhuthmos (related to rhein ‘to flow’). The current spelling was introduced in the early 17th cent. under the influence of rhythm.

Example Bank:
The children sang a nursery rhyme.
The kids made up a rhyme about a frog.
a story in rhyme
Idioms:there's no rhyme or reason to something without rhyme or reason
 
verb
1. intransitive ~ (with sth) if two words, syllables, etc. rhyme, or if one rhymes with the other, they have or end with the same sound
‘Though’ rhymes with ‘low’.
‘Tough’ and ‘through’ don't rhyme.
rhyming couplets
2. transitive ~ sth (with sth) to put words that sound the same together, for example when you are writing poetry
You can rhyme ‘girl’ with ‘curl’.
3. intransitive (of a poem)to have lines that end with the same sound
I prefer poems that rhyme.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English rime, from Old French, from medieval Latin rithmus, via Latin from Greek rhuthmos (related to rhein ‘to flow’). The current spelling was introduced in the early 17th cent. under the influence of rhythm.

Example Bank:
‘Quark’ is usually pronounced to rhyme with ‘lark’.

 

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