Rime (Verb)
Meaning 1
Compose rhymes.
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- The poet spent hours trying to rime a verse about the beauty of the sunset to complete her poem.
- Children love to rime funny words together to create silly songs.
- She struggled to rime the lyrics of her favorite song in a different language.
- In his workshop, the songwriter learned how to rime words effectively to engage his audience.
- The ability to rime helped the rapper create an impressive freestyle performance on stage.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
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Meaning 2
Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The children practiced their rhyming skills to improve their reading abilities by choosing words that rime.
- Some poets use words that rime to create unique musical effects in their verses.
- Words like "moon" and "spoon" rime as they have the same ending sound.
- Teachers often ask their students to find a word that rime with a given word as a learning exercise.
- Phonetic awareness exercises typically involve identifying words that rime.