26984 words

rhyme

8 definitions • 9 examples
1
Words that rhyme have the same last sound:

Examples:

"Blue" and "flew" rhyme.
Can you think of a word that rhymes with "orange"?
2
a word that has the same last sound as another word:

Examples:

Can you think of a rhyme for "orange"?
3

Examples:

a book of rhymes and songs
4
the use of rhymes in poetry:

Examples:

This poem is her first attempt at rhyme.
5
written or spoken as a poem so that the word at the end of a line has the same last sound as a word at the end of another line:

Examples:

A lot of modern poetry is not written in rhyme.
6
the vowel in the middle of a syllable, and any sounds after it in the syllable
7
(of words) to have the same final sound, or to use words that have the same final sound:

Examples:

[ I ] "Love" and "above" rhyme.
8
two or more words with the same final sound, or the use of such words, esp. at the ends of lines in a poem or song:

Examples:

[ C ] Can you think of a rhyme for "orange"?
[ U ] She does not use rhyme in her poems.

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