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rhyme
noun

1. A pattern of words which have the same final sounds at the ends of lines in a poem.
2. The use of such patterns in poetry, etc.
3. A word which has the same final sound as another.

Example: ‘beef' is a rhyme for ‘leaf'
4. A short poem, verse or jingle written in rhyme.

Thesaurus: poem, song, lyric, ballad, epic, ode, sonnet, dithyramb, ditty, limerick, jingle, doggerel.

verb rhymed, rhyming

intr
1. Said of words: to have the same final sounds and so form rhymes.
2. To use (a word) as a rhyme for another.
intr
3. To write using rhymes.
4. To put (a story, etc) into rhyme.

Derivative: rhymed
adj

Derivative: rhymeless
adj

Derivative: rhymer
noun

Derivative: rhymester
noun

A would-be poet, especially one who is not very talented.

Derivative: rhymist
noun

Idiom: without rhyme or reason

Lacking sense, reason or any discernible system.

Etymology: 13c: from French rimer to rhyme, from German rim a series or row. Despite the current spelling of the word, it is probably not associated with Latin rhythmus, from Greek rhythmos rhythm.