rime
To cover with rime or hoar frostTo cover (something) with rime (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1 or etymology 1, noun sense 3.1) or (loosely) hoar frost.
» The windshield was covered in rime.
Meaning
8 senses(transitive)To cover (something) with rime (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1 or etymology 1, noun sense 3.1) or (loosely) hoar frost.
(figuratively, transitive)To cover (something) with a thin coating or film; to coat.
(intransitive)Sometimes followed by up: of a thing: to become covered with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
Synonym of ream.
(transitive)To enlarge (a hole), especially using a tool such as a reamer.
(transitive)To remove debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole or a pipe) using a tool.
(Ireland, rare, transitive)To dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs.
(ambitransitive, archaic)Followed by up: to count (something); to number, to reckon.
(intransitive, obsolete, rare, transitive)Followed by into: to probe, to pry.
- compose rhymes
- be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
Examples
5 sentencesThe windshield was covered in rime.
The part of a syllable after the onset is called the rime.
deDer Teil einer Silbe nach dem Anlaut heißt „Reim“.
The nucleus and optional coda of a syllable are called the rime.
The rime consists of the vowel and any final consonants of a syllable.
Rime was originally supposed to be an exclusive for the PS4, but now it's multi-platform.
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English rim, rime, rym, ryme (“hoar frost; rime”), from OlThe noun is derived from Middle English rim, rime, rym, ryme (“hoar frost; rime”), from Old English hrīm (“frost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīm (“rime; hoar frost”), from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą (North Germanic), *hrīmaz, *hrīmô (“rime; hoar frost”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to graze, touch; to streak”).
From Middle English rimen, rime (“to count, enumerate”) [and other forms], from Old English rīman, rȳman (“to count, number, reckon; to calculate, compute, count up; to enumerate, recount; to account, esteem as”) (rare), from Proto-Germanic *rīmijaną, *rīmaną (“to count, enumerate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(a)rēy- (“to add; to count; to customize; to order, regulate”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂rey- (“to arrange; to count”), ultimately from *h₂er- (“to fit, put together; to fix; to slot”), and thus a doublet of rhyme.
From Middle English rimen, rime (“to clear (a way); to make room for (something); to open up (something); to prepare (something)”) [and other forms], from Old English rīman, rȳman (“to make roomy, enlarge, extend, spread, widen; to make clear by removing obstructions, to clear a way, clear, open up; to amplify; to prolong”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *rūmijan (“to clear out, make room”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmijaną (“to clear out, make room”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewh₁- (“to open; wide”). Doublet of room.
From Irish ruaim, from Old Irish rúam (“alder tree; alder bark; dye for wool made from alder bark; dun or red colour”) (probably whence Irish ruaimnigh, Old Irish rúamnaigid (“to dye red”)); further etymology unknown.
The noun is derived from Late Middle English rim (“cleft, crack, fissure”), from Latin rīma (“chink, cleft, crack, fissure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)reyH- (“to cut; to tear”). Doublet of rima.
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Forms
rimes, riming, rimed, rimedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle