rhyme
[noun]
Synonyms:
- poetry, ode, poem, song, verse
[verb]
Synonyms:
- sound like, harmonize

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English Thesaurus: poem, sonnet, haiku, limerick, rhyme, ...

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I. rhyme¹ /raɪm/ noun
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: rime, probably from Latin rhythmus; ⇒ rhythm]

1. [countable] a short poem or song, especially for children, using words that rhyme:
a collection of traditional rhymes with illustrations ⇒ nursery rhyme

2. [countable] a word that rhymes with another word
rhyme for
Can you think of a rhyme for ‘bicycle’?

3. [uncountable] words or lines of poetry that rhyme:
I love his use of rhyme and rhythm.
in rhyme
The whole story is written in rhyme.

4. no rhyme or reason no sensible reason or organization:
There seems to be no rhyme or reason for the school’s behaviour.

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II. rhyme² verb [not in progressive]

1. [intransitive] if two words or lines of poetry rhyme, they end with the same sound, including a vowel
rhyme with
‘Hat’ rhymes with ‘cat’.
The song has rhyming couplets (=pairs of lines that end in words that rhyme).

2. [transitive] to put two or more words together to make them rhyme
rhyme something with something
You can’t rhyme ‘box’ with ‘backs’.

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rhyme
noun
I. using words that have the same sound as each other
ADJ. internal
VERB + RHYME write (in)
RHYME + NOUN scheme
PREP. in ~ a story in rhyme

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rhyme
II. word that has the same sound as another
ADJ. half
PREP. ~ for Can you think of a rhyme for ‘tragic’?

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rhyme
III. short piece of writing with rhyming words
ADJ. nonsense | nursery
VERB + RHYME recite | make up
PREP. ~ about The kids made up a rhyme about a frog.

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poem a piece of writing that expresses emotions, experiences, and ideas, especially in short lines using words that rhyme:
‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ is the first line of a famous poem by WIlliam Wordsworth.
sonnet a poem with 14 lines which rhyme with each other in a fixed pattern:
Shakespeare’s sonnets
haiku a type of Japanese poem with three lines consisting of five, seven, and five syllables:
a haiku by Matsuo Basho about a frog jumping into a pond
limerick a short humorous poem that has five lines which rhyme:
a limerick by Edward Lear, which began ‘There was a young lady of Norway, Who casually sat in a doorway’.
rhyme a short poem or song, especially for children, using words that rhyme:
a collection of traditional rhymes with illustrations
The children were reciting a rhyme.
a nursery rhyme (=a short traditional poem or song for children)
poetry poems in general, or the art of writing them:
He reads a lot of poetry.
She wrote poetry and children’s stories.
a poetry book
verse words arranged in the form of poetry:
a book of comic verse
anthology a set of poems by different people collected together in one book:
an anthology of Caribbean poetry
stanza a group of lines in a repeated pattern, which form part of a poem:
the opening stanza of Keats’ poem ‘Ode to a Nightingale’

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