n.
Variant: also rime
Pronunciation: ' r ī m
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English rime, from Anglo-French
Date: 13th century
1 a (1) : rhyming verse (2) : POETRY b : a composition in verse that rhymes
2 a : correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (as two or more words or lines of verse) b : one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound c : correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: as (1) : ALLITERATION (2) : INTERNAL RHYME
3 : RHYTHM , MEASURE
– rhyme · less adjective