RHYME


Meaning of RHYME in English

(~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

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