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rime

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/raɪm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/raɪm/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rīm)

Inflections of 'rime' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
rimes
v 3rd person singular
riming
v pres p
rimed
v past
rimed
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
rime2 /raɪm/USA pronunciation   n., v., rimed, rim•ing. 
  1. Poetryrhyme.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rime1  (rīm),USA pronunciation n., v., rimed, rim•ing. 
n. 
    1. MeteorologyAlso called rime′ ice′. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object. Cf. frost (def. 2), glaze (def. 17).

    v.t. 
    1. Meteorologyto cover with rime or hoarfrost.
    • bef. 900; Middle English rim, Old English hrīm; cognate with Dutch rijm, Old Norse hrīm
    rime′less, adj. 

rime2  (rīm),USA pronunciation n., v.t., v.i., rimed, rim•ing. 
  1. Poetryrhyme.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rime /raɪm/ n
  1. frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects
 vb
  1. (transitive) to cover with rime or something resembling rime
Etymology: Old English hrīm; related to Dutch rijm, Middle High German rīmeln to coat with frost
rime /raɪm/ n , vb
  1. an archaic spelling of rhyme
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