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rhyme

/ɹaɪm/ noun B1
  1. Rhyming verse (poetic form). (countable, uncountable) · Many editors say they don’t want stories written in rhyme these days.
  2. A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse. (countable, uncountable) · Tennyson’s rhymes
  3. A word that rhymes with another. (countable) · Norse poetry is littered with rhymes like “sól … sunnan”.· Rap makes use of rhymes such as “money … honey” and “nope … dope”.
  4. A 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. (countable) · "Awake" is a rhyme for "lake".
  5. Rhyming: sameness of letters or sounds of part of some words. (uncountable) · The poem exhibits a peculiar form of rhyme.
  6. The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset. (countable, uncountable)
  7. An instance of rapping; a rapped verse; a line or couple lines of rapping; a hip hop song. (countable, informal, uncountable) · I heard Drake's new rhyme last night.
  8. A rapper's oeuvre, lyricism or skill. (countable, informal, uncountable) · His rhymes are all weak.

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These rhymes of old delight
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 24 · C1
YOU too, my mother, read my rhymes
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 24 · C1
These rhymes for old acquaintance' sake.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 25 · C1
Phillips, who had been writing some verses “To Priscilla” before he called the class, was thinking about an obstinate rhyme still and never missed her.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 119 · C1

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