rime frost

  • 21rime —   n. frost; hoar frost; ice formed from supercooled fog or cloud; v.t. cover with rime.    ♦ rimy, a …

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  • 22rime — 1. n. & v. n. 1 frost, esp. formed from cloud or fog. 2 poet. hoar frost. v.tr. cover with rime. Etymology: OE hrim 2. archaic var. of RHYME …

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  • 23frost — I. n. 1. Rime, hoar frost, frozen dew, white frost. 2. Cold manner, reserve, frigidity, iciness, stiffness, want of cordiality, unsociability. II. v. a. 1. Ice, cover with frosting. 2. Whiten, sprinkle with white, sprinkle with gray hairs. 3.… …

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  • 24rime — UK [raɪm] / US noun Word forms rime : singular rime plural rimes 1) [uncountable] literary frost 2) [countable/uncountable] an old spelling of rhyme …

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  • 25rime — I [[t]raɪm[/t]] n. v. rimed, rim•ing 1) mer frost 2) 2) mer to cover with rime or hoarfrost • Etymology: bef. 900; ME rim, OE hrīm; c. D rijm, ON hrīm rim′y, adj. rim•i•er, rim•i•est. II rime [[t]raɪm[/t]] n. v. t. v. i. rimed, rim•ing pro rhyme …

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  • 26frost — n 1. freeze, rime, hoarfrost; All Meteorol. ice crystals, diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice needle, poudrin, snow mist. 2. coldness, coolness, iciness, glaciality, frigidity; aloofness, reserve; unfriendliness, inhospitality, cold… …

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  • 27rime — noun /raɪm/ a) ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface. b) a coating or sheet of ice so formed. Syn: hoarfrost …

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  • 28rime —   very heavy frost created when fog touches surfaces which are below 0˚C …

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  • 29rime — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ice, [hoarfrost. See cold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. snow, hoarfrost, icicle; see frost 2 , ice …

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  • 30rime — raɪm n. similarity of sound at the end of words or lines of poetry (also rhyme); word that ends with a sound similar to that of another word (also rhyme); thin white coating of ice crystals v. compose rhymes, write words or lines of poetry that… …

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