noun

1. a piece of verse, or poem, in which there is a regular recurrence of corresponding sounds, esp. at the ends of lines
2. such verse or poetry in general
3. correspondence of sound between stressed syllables at the ends of words or lines of verse; specif., perfect rhyme (sense )
4. a word that corresponds with another in sound, esp. end sound

Etymology: ME rime < OFr < rimer, to rhyme, prob. < Frank *rim, row, series, akin to OE, OHG rim, series, number < IE *rei- (> OIr rim, number) < base *are-, to join, fit (> art, ratio, rite): form infl. by assoc. with L rhythmus, rhythm

intransitive verb rhymed, rhyming rhym′·ing

1. to make verse, esp. rhyming verse
2. to form a rhyme “more” rhymes with “door”
3. to be composed in metrical form with rhymes
4. to be in accord or agreement the eyewitness accounts rhyme on the essential points

transitive verb

1. to put into rhyme
2. to compose in metrical form with rhymes
3. to use as a rhyme or rhymes