rime

[ rahym ]

/ raɪm /

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noun

Also 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.Compare frost (def. 3), glaze (def. 17).

verb (used with object), rimed, rim·ing.

to cover with rime or hoarfrost.

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Origin of rime

before 900; Middle English rim,Old English hrīm; cognate with Dutch rijm,Old Norse hrīm

OTHER WORDS FROM rime

rimeless, adjective

Other definitions for rime (2 of 2)

rime²

[ rahym ]

/ raɪm /

noun, verb (used with or without object), rimed, rim·ing.

rhyme.

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How to use rime in a sentence

Near the outer hatch the bulky cannister, rimed with white frost, lay in a pool of melting ice.
Greylorn|John Keith Laumer
The body of the drama was written by Vondel in rimed Alexandrines.
Vondel's Lucifer|Joost van den Vondel
Ben wished that he might be cursed if any man could rest well on bare boards rimed with frost like curdled milk.
Heralds of Empire|Agnes C. Laut
Patchett has become confused with Padgett, from Padge, a rimed form of Madge.
The Romance of Names|Ernest Weekley

Thornton, Selden, and Egerton have no mark of strophic division, but fall naturally into mono-rimed stanzas of four lines.
Erthe Upon Erthe|Various

British Dictionary definitions for rime (1 of 2)

rime¹

/ (raɪm) /

noun

frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects

verb

(tr) to cover with rime or something resembling rime

Word Origin for rime

Old English hrīm; related to Dutch rijm, Middle High German rīmeln to coat with frost

British Dictionary definitions for rime (2 of 2)

rime²

/ (raɪm) /

noun, verb

an archaic spelling of rhyme

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