rime

(rīm)

noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb rimed, riming

rhyme

Origin: sp. preferred by many as historically correct: see rhyme

Related Forms:

noun

frost (sense )

Origin: ME < OE hrim, akin to ON < IE base *krei-, to touch lightly > OE hrinan, to touch

transitive verb rimed, riming

to coat with rime

See rime in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A coating of ice, as on grass and trees, formed when extremely cold water droplets freeze almost instantly on a cold surface.
  2. A coating, as of mud or slime, likened to a frosty film: “A meal couldn't leave us feeling really full unless it laid down a rime of fat globules in our mouths and stomachs” (James Fallows).
transitive verb rimed rimed, rim·ing, rimes
To cover with or as if with frost or ice: “heavy [shoes] rimed with mud and cement … from the building site” (Seamus Deane).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English rim

Origin: , from Old English hrīm

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Related Forms:

  • rimˈy adjective

noun & v.
Variant of rhyme.

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