rime

UK
/raɪm/
US
/raɪm/
rimenoun
rimes
pl
UK
/raɪm/
US
/raɪm/
Translations
The trees were covered in a thick layer of rime.
Деревья были покрыты толстым слоем инея.
The poet struggled to find a suitable rime for his verse.
Поэт изо всех сил пытался найти подходящую рифму для своего стиха.
Additional translations
Definitions
A frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapor in cloud or fog.
The trees were covered in a delicate rime after the cold night.
A coating, as of mud or slime, likened to a layer of frost.
The old boat was covered in a rime of algae after years in the water.
(Archaic) A word or line of verse that has the same terminal sound as another; rhyme.
The poet searched for a fitting rime to pair with “night.”
(Phonology) The portion of a syllable consisting of its nucleus and any following consonants.
In the syllable /kæt/, the rime is /æt/.
rimeverb
rimed
Past Simple
rimed
Past Participle
riming
Gerund
UK
/raɪm/
US
/raɪm/
Translations
The poet tried to rime the words in his new poem.
Поэт пытался рифмовать слова в своем новом стихотворении.
Definitions
To cover with frost or a thin layer of ice.
The cold night air began to rime the windows with delicate patterns.
(Archaic) To correspond in sound with another word; to rhyme.
“Love” does not rime with “move,” he complained.
rimeadjective
Used attributively (e.g., “rime ice”) describing something related to or covered with rime frost.
Definitions
Attributive. Relating to, producing, or covered with rime frost.
Rime ice accumulated on the antenna during the storm.