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rhyme

/ɹaɪm/

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What does rhyme mean?

noun

  1. Rhyming verse (poetic form).
  2. A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.
  3. A word that rhymes with another.
More meanings (13)

noun

  1. A word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
  2. Rhyming: sameness of letters or sounds of part of some words.
  3. The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.
  4. (informal) An instance of rapping; a rapped verse; a line or couple lines of rapping; a hip hop song.
  5. (informal) A rapper's oeuvre, lyricism or skill.
  6. (obsolete) Number.

verb

  1. To compose or treat in verse; versify.
  2. To place (a word or words) in such a way as to produce a rhyme or an approximation thereof.
  3. Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
  4. To be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.
  5. To contain words that are pronounced identically to each other from the vowel in the stressed syllable to the end.
  6. (figuratively) To somewhat resemble or correspond with.
  7. (obsolete) To number; count; reckon.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɹaɪm/

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Was there ever any man thus beaten out of season, When in the why and the wherefore is neither rhyme nor reason?
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
“There's a rhyme in this book I can't quite understand. I want you to tell me what it means, if you please.”
George MacDonaldAt the Back of the North WindProject Gutenberg ebook #225
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We noted her also to be very defiant and self-assertive, and her tendency to lie without rhyme or reason was soon discovered.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
The next player gives a new line, of the same length, and the fourth supplies a rhyme in turn, and so on.
Frederica SeegerEntertainments for Home, Church and SchoolProject Gutenberg ebook #6416
Or if he is impatient, Perhaps from time to time A simple hymn may suit the best, In short and easy rhyme.
Pye Henry ChavasseAdvice to a Mother on the Management of Her ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #6595