Associations to the word «Rime»

RIME, noun. (meteorology) (uncountable) ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface.

RIME, noun. (meteorology) (uncountable) a coating or sheet of ice so formed.

RIME, noun. (uncountable) a film or slimy coating.

RIME, verb. To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

RIME, noun. (obsolete or dialectal) Number.

RIME, noun. (archaic except in direct borrowings from French) Rhyme.

RIME, noun. (linguistics) The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.

RIME, verb. Obsolete form of rhyme.

RIME, noun. A step of a ladder; a rung.

RIME, noun. A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.

RIME RICHE, noun. (poetry) A form of rhyme with identical sounds, example "pear" and "pair".

RIME ROYAL, noun. Alternative form of rhyme royal

RIME, noun. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).

RIME, noun. Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).

RIME, verb. Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme".

RIME, verb. Compose rhymes.