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# rhyme

noun (a rhyme, rhymes); verb (rhyme, rhymes, rhymed, rhyming)

«rhyme» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Words rhyme when their ending sounds are the same, like "cat" and "hat", or "light" and "night". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/#m1)
2. A rhyme is a word that rhymes with another word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/#m2)
3. A short poem or song with rhyming words, like a nursery rhyme. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/#m3)

### In the lessons

In English lessons pupils find rhyming words, write rhyming poems and learn nursery rhymes. Rhyme helps people remember things, like "Thirty days hath September". Phrases: nursery rhyme, rhyme with, rhyming couplet, without rhyme or reason (with no sense at all).

### Examples

- "Cat" rhymes with "hat". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/#x1)
- Can you think of a rhyme for "moon"? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/#x2)
- We learned a nursery rhyme about a spider. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/#x3)
- Write a poem with words that rhyme. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/#x4)
- "Hey Diddle Diddle" is a funny old rhyme. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/#x5)
- The words "bear" and "chair" rhyme even though they are spelt differently. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/#x6)
- Rhymes help little children learn to read. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/#x7)

### Note

Spelling: "rhyme" has a silent h and a y. Rhyme is about sound, not spelling: "blue" and "shoe" rhyme; "cough" and "dough" do not. Homophone: "rime" is frost, a rare word. Not every poem has to rhyme. "Rhyme with": "Red rhymes with bed."

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rhyme» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rhyme/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rhyme» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rhyme.html) on Mova free.