rime
IPA: rˈaɪm
noun
- Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
- (figurative)
- A film or slimy coating.
- White hair as an indication of old age.
- (meteorology)
- Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
- A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
- (Britain, regional) A cold fog or mist.
- (obsolete) A narrow aperture or opening; a chink, a crack, a fissure; a rent, a rip.
- Archaic spelling of rhyme (“word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end, etc.; (linguistics) the second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset”). [(countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)]
verb
- (transitive)
- To cover (something) with rime (noun sense 1 or sense 3.1) or (loosely) hoar frost.
- (figurative) To cover (something) with a thin coating or film; to coat.
- (intransitive) Sometimes followed by up: of a thing: to become covered with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
- (transitive, intransitive, Lincolnshire, archaic) Followed by up: to count (something); to number, to reckon.
- Synonym of ream
- To enlarge (a hole), especially using a tool such as a reamer.
- To remove debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole or a pipe) using a tool.
- (transitive, Ireland, rare) To dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs.
- (intransitive, obsolete, rare) Followed by into: to probe, to pry.
- Archaic spelling of rhyme. [(transitive, intransitive) To compose or treat in verse; versify.]
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Examples of "rime" in Sentences
- He could not see due to the rime.
- Due to rime, I could not see well.
- That's the understanding the nature of rime.
- It shows the fascinating phenomenon of rime ice.
- The nature of rime is not described in this article.
- Due to the cold weather, his glasses were full of rime.
- In the morning, rime is more severe than any other time.
- The combination of a nucleus and a coda is called a rime.
- He had to remove the rime on the front window of his car.
- Atrus leaves the stranger to visit Rime early in the game.
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