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.
riming
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present participleof rime.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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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
In Jackaro, page 9, 3abcb indicates a quatrain riming alternately, with three stressed syllables in each line.
From A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs by Josiah Henry Combs
The rimes in all the stanzas must be identical in the corresponding lines, but the riming words must be different.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
The actor Garrick dragged into a prologue a riming and sneering reference to the mystery; the artist Hogarth invoked his genius to deride it.
From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce
Mr Morris suggests that the riming words are adoun and croune.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
