(~s, rhyming, ~d)
1.
If one word ~s with another or if two words ~, they have a very similar sound. Words that ~ with each other are often used in poems.
June always ~s with moon in old love songs.
...the sort of people who give their children names that ~: Donnie, Ronnie, Connie.
...a singer rhyming ‘eyes’ with ‘realise’.
...~d couplets.
V-RECIP: V with n, pl-n V, V n with n, V-ed
2.
If a poem or song ~s, the lines end with words that have very similar sounds.
In his efforts to make it ~ he seems to have chosen the first word that comes into his head.
...rhyming couplets.
VERB: V, V-ing
3.
A ~ is a word which ~s with another word, or a set of lines which ~.
The one ~ for passion is fashion...
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4.
A ~ is a short poem which has rhyming words at the ends of its lines.
He was teaching Helen a little ~.
= verse
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see also nursery ~
5.
Rhyme is the use of rhyming words as a technique in poetry. If something is written in ~, it is written as a poem in which the lines ~.
The plays are in ~.
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6.
If something happens or is done without ~ or reason, there seems to be no logical reason for it to happen or be done.
He picked people on a whim, without ~ or reason.
PHRASE: PHR after v