noun
Meaning 1
A remark or complaint repeated incessantly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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Standard Lemma guide
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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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/reɪm/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -eɪm
noun
Meaning 2
A stalk or branch, especially when dried.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A framework or skeleton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
The bones of the body; skeleton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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verb
Meaning 5
To complain or cry incessantly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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verb
Meaning 6
To talk nonsensically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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History
Etymology
From Northern Middle English ramen (“to cry out, scream”), from Old English *hrāmian, from Proto-West Germanic *hraimōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraimōną (“to scream”), *hraimaz (“a scream”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerey- (“to scream, screech”). Cognate with Old Norse hreimr (“a scream, cry”), and possibly to Old English hrēam (“a cry, outcry, tumult, noise”).
From late Middle English rame, from or akin to Middle Dutch raem, rame (“framework, frame”), from Old Dutch *hrama, from Proto-West Germanic *hramu (“frame, support”). Possible doublet of frame.