Definition of Rhymes

1. Noun. (plural of rhyme) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of rhyme) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rhymes

1. rhyme [v] - See also: rhyme

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhymes

rhymable
rhyme
rhyme off
rhyme or reason
rhyme royal
rhyme scheme
rhyme schemes
rhymed
rhymeless
rhymelessness
rhymelike
rhymer
rhymeries
rhymers
rhymery
rhymes (current term)
rhymester
rhymesters
rhymic
rhymical
rhyming
rhyming slang
rhymist
rhymists
rhynchobdellea
rhynchocephala
rhynchocephalian
rhynchocephalians
rhynchocoela
rhyncholite

Literary usage of Rhymes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"rhymes of to-day demand agreement in final syllables of the sound of the vowels and ... rhymes of such a character are of three kinds in English: single, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"rhymes of to-day demand agreement in final syllables of the sound of the vowels and ... rhymes of such a character are of three kinds in English : single, ..."

3. Orthometry: A Treatise on the Art of Versification and the Technicalities of by Robert Frederick Brewer (1893)
"DOUBLE AND TRIPLE rhymes. Under the name of Double and Triple rhymes are ... As in single rhymes it is required that all which follows the vowel shall be ..."

4. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1904)
"The words which, as a rule, he selects for his rhymes are either ... I believe the only other rhymes of the kind are in his elegant little lyric, ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1844)
"The Nursery rhymes of England, collected chiefly front Oral Tradition. Edited by JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL. Russell Smith. Mr. Halliwell being of the opinion ..."

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