rime

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: rime

1	n	ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
2	n v	correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: rime

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a rhyme between words in the same line; alliteration, beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; assonance, vowel rhyme
the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words; consonance, consonant rhyme
the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words; double rhyme
a two-syllable rhyme; eye rhyme
an imperfect rhyme (e.g., `love' and `move')

Type of:: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

Types:: tag
supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes; alliterate
use alliteration as a form of poetry

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