correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry:poetic features such as rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration
[count noun] a short poem in which the sound of the word or syllable at the end of each line corresponds with that at the end of another:Harriet sang Ben little rhymes
rhyming poetry or verse:the clues were written in rhyme
[count noun] a word that has the same sound as another:‘gravel’ can be interpreted as an absurd rhyme for ‘travel’
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(of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another:balloon rhymes with moon (as adjective rhyming)rhyming couplets
(of a poem or song) be composed in rhyme:the poem would have been better if it rhymed
[with object] (rhyme something with) put a word together with (another word that has a corresponding sound), as when writing poetry:I’m not sure about rhyming perestroika with balalaika
literary compose verse or poetry:Musa rhymed and sang
rhyme or reason
[with negative] logical explanation or reason:without rhyme or reason his mood changed
