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- Dictionaryrhyming/ˈrʌɪmɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of a word, syllable, or line) having or ending with an identical or corresponding sound to another: "pick a word such as 'pack', and then think of several rhyming words, such as 'stack' or 'sack'"
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Rhyme is a literary device that repeats identical or similar syllables in different words, often in poetry. Learn about the different types of rhyme, such as perfect, slant, eye, masculine and feminine, and see examples from nursery tales, common phrases and literature.
- Semantic
Definition, Usage and a list of Semantic Examples in...
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- Eye Rhyme
Sonnet 19 by William Shakespeare “Devouring time, blunt thou...
- Feminine Rhyme
The rhyming scheme of this poem by Bierce also shows perfect...
- Semantic
Rhyming is the present participle of rhyme, which means having the same last sound. Learn how to use rhyming words and phrases with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
noun. identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse. a word agreeing with another in terminal sound: Find is a rhyme for mind and womankind. verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines. a poem or piece of verse having such correspondence. verse 1 ( def 4 ). verb (used with object)
The repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line. Rhymed words conventionally share all sounds following the word’s last stressed syllable. Thus “tenacity” and “mendacity” rhyme, but not “jaundice” and “John does,” or “tomboy” and “calm bay.”
RHYMING meaning: 1. present participle of rhyme 2. Words that rhyme have the same last sound: . Learn more.
Rhyme, strictly speaking, is regarded as extending to the last stressed vowel and any sounds following it, whether within one word or more than one, in patterns such as female, feminine, male, masculine, rich, tailed rhyme, etc.; however, use of the word frequently includes various kinds of partial correspondence, as eye-, near-, off-, slant ...
The way “dress’d” and “express’d” sound, that’s rhyme. Rhyme shares the same Latin root as rhythm, and poetry that rhymes does have a rhythm to it, like in a song. Rhyme is a noun for similar sounds or a poem that uses rhyme, and it’s also a verb, like saying, “What rhymes with orange?”
