rime
noun
an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
rimed
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past participleof rime.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
-
past tense formof rime.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
rimenounan opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object. -
a word form of
rime.
rimenounan opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Example Sentences
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If the riming is particularly intense, the rimed snow crystal can grow to an appreciable size, but remain less than 0.2 inches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
On the beach the sand was frozen in crusts and rimed with frost.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2021
Pine needles grow their own ice needles, turning into rimed maces.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2019
Last fortnight The New Yorker printed a rimed petition to the Mayor of New York, addressed by Poet Arthur Guiterman in behalf of the City's begrimed public statues.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had seen photos of ships rimed with ice as they went through the polar night on their way to the far side of the world.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
