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Definition of rhyme verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    rhyme

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//raɪm//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rhyme
     
     he / she / it rhymes
     
     past simple rhymed
     
     -ing form rhyming
     
     
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  1. 1[intransitive] rhyme (with something) if two words, syllables, etc. rhyme, or if one rhymes with the other, they have or end with the same sound “Though” rhymes with “low.” “Tough” and “through” don't rhyme. rhyming couplets
  2. 2[transitive] rhyme something (with something) to put words that sound the same together, for example when you are writing poetry You can rhyme “girl” with “curl.”
  3. 3[intransitive] (of a poem) to have lines that end with the same sound I prefer poems that rhyme.
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