rhyme

1. (ambitransitive)To compose or treat in verse; versify.

   compose rhymes

2. (transitive)To place (a word or words) in such a way as to produce a rhyme or an approximation thereof.

3. (intransitive)Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.

   Creation rhymes with integration and station.

   India and windier rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents.

4. (reciprocal)To be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.

   Mug and rug rhyme.

5. (intransitive, usually)To contain words that are pronounced identically to each other from the vowel in the stressed syllable to the end.

   I rewrote the story to make it rhyme.

   reimen, sich reimen (mit)

   рифмова́тьrifmovátʹ, рифмова́тьсяrifmovátʹsja

   римува́тиrymuváty, римува́тисяrymuvátysja

6. (figuratively, intransitive)To somewhat resemble or correspond with.

7. (obsolete, transitive)To number; count; reckon.

1. I understand you're looking for a record album of nursery rhymes.

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2. What's your favorite nursery rhyme?

   deWas ist dein Lieblingskinderlied? — Yorwba

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3. History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

   Історія не повторюється, але вона добре римується. — deniko

   deGeschichte wiederholt sich nicht, aber sie reimt sich. — mks

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4. 'Teng' and 'cheng' are rhyming words.

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5. Nursery rhymes are deliberately inconsistent texts.

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regular · Lesson

• rhyme upTo make a non-rhyming song, poem, etc., into a rhyming one.
• rhyme offTo list or recite quickly.
• rhyme outTo perform, utter or orate a rhyme.