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adj
That covers with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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noun
gerund of rime: the process of covering with rime or hoar frost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, uncountable
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noun
gerund of rime: the action or process of dyeing wool or yarn reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, form-of, gerund, rare, uncountable
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verb
present participle and gerund of rime
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective
having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: rhymed, rhyming
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History
From rime (“to cover (something) with rime or (loosely) hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).
From rime (“to dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).
