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- pronunciation:
- raIm
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
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noun |
| definition 1: |
A rhyme is a word that ends with the same sound or group of sounds as another word. "Feel," "meal," and "wheel" are rhymes. So are "cat," "bat," "fat," and "rat." There are many rhymes for some words, like the word "cat," but there are no rhymes for others, such as the word "orange."
Many songs and poems have rhymes in them.The words "log," "hog," and "fog" are some rhymes for "dog." |
| definition 2: |
When you hear rhyme, you hear the same sounds repeating at the ends of different words. Poetry in English often uses rhyme.
Many songs use rhyme, but some songs don't. |
| definition 3: |
A rhyme is a usually short piece of poetry that uses words that sound alike at the ends of its lines.
"Twinkle, twinkle little star" is a famous rhyme. It goes: "Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are." In this rhyme, the words "star" and "are" sound alike at the end, and the words "high" and "sky" also sound alike at the end. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
rhymes, rhyming, rhymed |
| definition 1: |
When you rhyme, you match one word with another word that ends with the same sound.
Jake rhymed "snow" with "glow" in his poem about winter. |
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When words rhyme, they end in the same group of sounds, like "bake" and "snake."
The words "fly" and "high" rhyme."Mouse" rhymes with "house." |
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When a poem rhymes, it has words at the end of each phrase that end with the same group of sounds--words like "star" and "far," and words like "sun" and "fun." Poems for young children usually rhyme.
Lily thinks that songs that rhyme are more fun to sing than ones that don't. |
| derivation: |
rhymer (n.) |
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