noun Download 🔗Share Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface. Examples : "The trees on the mountain were covered in a thick layer of rime after the foggy night. " weather nature phenomena environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A coating or sheet of ice so formed. Examples : "The overnight frost left a delicate rime of ice on the car windows. " weather nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A film or slimy coating. Examples : "The old bucket, left outside, had a thin rime of algae on its inside surface. " appearance nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost. Examples : "The cold, damp air caused the branches to rime overnight, coating them in a delicate layer of frost. " weather nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To compose or treat in verse; versify. Examples : "The student was asked to rime a short story about her summer vacation for English class. " literature writing language style art Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end. Examples : ""Creation" rhymes with "integration" and "station"." language phonetics word linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each. Examples : ""India" and "windier" rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents." language phonetics linguistics sound word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To number; count; reckon. Examples : "The shepherd would rime his sheep each evening to make sure none were missing from the fold. " number math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Number. Examples : "The rime of students absent today is surprisingly high. " number Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Rhyme. Examples : "Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in the 18th century." language linguistics literature phonetics sound music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset. Examples : "In the word "cat," the "at" is the rime. " phonetics linguistics language grammar Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A step of a ladder; a rung. Examples : "He carefully placed his foot on each rime of the wooden ladder as he climbed to reach the roof. " part structure building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. Examples : "The old wooden fence had a large rime running down one of its planks, allowing us to see into the neighbor's yard. " gap structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading