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The correct spelling is riming.

How to pronounce riming

verb

IPA: /ˈɹʌɪmɪŋ/

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The correct spelling is riming. To compose or treat in verse; versify. For example: ""Creation" rhymes with "integration" and "station"."

Usage Examples

"Creation" rhymes with "integration" and "station".

"India" and "windier" rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To compose or treat in verse; versify.
  2. 2.(followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
  3. 3.Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.
  4. 4.To number; count; reckon.
  5. 5.To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

adjective

  1. 1.That rimes (i.e., covers with rime or hoar frost) something.

noun

  1. 1.(done to wool or yarn) The action or process of dying red-brown by steeping in water with alder twigs.
  2. 2.The process of riming (i.e., covering with rime or hoar frost).

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