rhyming
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having corresponding sounds, especially terminal sounds: Describes words, lines of poetry, or verses that end with similar or identical sounds. This correspondence typically occurs at the end of lines or words.
Usage
- The adjective "rhyming" is used to describe a pair or group of words, or a piece of text, where the final stressed vowel and all following sounds are identical or very similar.
- It is commonly applied in the context of poetry, lyrics, and language learning to identify phonetic patterns.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The poet wrote a simple poem with rhyming couplets.
- "Cat" and "hat" are classic examples of rhyming words.
- Children's books often use rhyming text to make them more engaging and easier to remember.
Advanced Usage
- "rhyming slang": A form of slang, especially associated with Cockney English, where a word is replaced by a phrase that rhymes with it (e.g., "apples and pears" for "stairs"). The phrase is then often shortened, so the rhyming word is dropped.
- He used some Cockney rhyming slang that was difficult for outsiders to understand.
Variants and Related Words
- Rhyme (noun/verb): The correspondence of sound itself, or the act of creating such a correspondence.
- Noun: The rhyme in that song is very clever.
- Verb: Can you think of a word to rhyme with "orange"?
- Rhymed (adjective): A synonym for "rhyming," often used interchangeably.
- The translation was in rhymed verse.
- Unrhymed (adjective): The opposite, lacking such sound correspondence.
- He preferred writing unrhymed, free verse poetry.
Synonyms
- Assonant: Having similarity in sound, especially vowel sounds. (Note: This is a more specific literary term.)
- Alliterative: Having the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words. (Note: This refers to initial sounds, not terminal ones.)
Related Phrases
- Rhyming dictionary: A specialized dictionary that lists words grouped by their ending sounds to aid in writing poetry or lyrics.
- She consulted a rhyming dictionary to finish the song's chorus.
- Internal rhyme: A rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse, not just at the end.
- The poet's use of internal rhyme added a musical quality to the line.
Adjective
- having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds
- rhymed verse
- rhyming words