raɪm n. & v. --n. 1
identity of
sound between words or
the endings of words,
esp. in
verse. 2 (in
sing. or pl.) verse having rhymes. 3 a the
use of rhyme. b a
poem having rhymes. 4 a
word providing a rhyme. --v. 1 intr. a (of words or lines)
produce a rhyme. b (foll. by with)
act as a rhyme (with another). 2 intr.
make or
write rhymes;
versify. 3 tr. put or make (a story etc.)
into rhyme. 4 tr. (foll. by with)
treat (a word) as rhyming
with another. ørhyming
slang slang
that replaces words by rhyming words or phrases, e.g. stairs by apples
and pears,
often with the rhyming
element omitted (as in TITFER).
without rhyme or
reason lacking discernible
sense or
logic. øørhymeless adj. rhymer n. rhymist n. [ME rime f. OF rime f. med.L rithmus, rythmus f. L f. Gk rhuthmos RHYTHM]