Rime vs Lime - What's the difference?
rime | lime |
(meteorology, uncountable) ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog onto a cold surface.
* De Quincey
(meteorology, uncountable) a coating or sheet of ice so formed.
(uncountable) a film or slimy coating.
To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
(obsolete, or, dialectal) Number.
rhyme
(linguistics) the second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset
(chemistry) A general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; quicklime.
* 1952 , L.F. Salzman, Building in England , page 149.
(poetic) Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
* 1610 , , by (William Shakespeare), act 4 scene 1
* (rfdate) Wordsworth
To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
To smear with birdlime.
# (rare) To ensnare, catch, entrap.
#* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
To apply limewash
A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia , especially ; the linden tree, or its wood.
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Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
Any of the trees that bear limes, especially key lime, .
A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
Containing lime or lime juice.
Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
Lime-green.
(West Indies) To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.
(anime) A fan fiction story that stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity, with the intimacy left to the reader's imagination.
As nouns the difference between rime and lime
is that rime is while lime is (chemistry) a general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide; quicklime or lime can be a deciduous tree of the genus tilia , especially ; the linden tree, or its wood or lime can be any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon or lime can be (anime) a fan fiction story that stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity, with the intimacy left to the reader's imagination.As a verb lime is
to treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime) or lime can be (west indies) to hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.As an adjective lime is
containing lime or lime juice.rime
English
(wikipedia rime)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rim, from Old English .Noun
(-)- The trees were now covered with rime .
Synonyms
* (a deposition of ice) hoarfrost, frostDerived terms
* rimyVerb
(rim)Etymology 2
(etyl) rime, from (etyl) . Influenced in meaning by (etyl) rime from the same Germanic source.Alternative forms
* rhymeNoun
(en noun)- (Coleridge)
- (Landor)
Usage notes
In reading education, "rime" refers to the vowel and the letters that come after the vowels in a syllable. For example, sit, spit, and split all have the same rime (-it). Words that rhyme often share the same rime, such as rock and sock (-ock). However, words that rhyme do not always share the same rime, such as claim and fame (-aim and -ame). Additionally, words that share the same rime do not always rhyme, such as tough and though (-ough). Rhyme and rime are not interchangeable, although they often overlap.Verb
(rim)Etymology 3
Uncertain.Etymology 4
(etyl) (lena) rima.External links
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English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
- Lime , which is the product of the burning of chalk or limestone, might be bought ready burnt, or it could be burnt in kilns specially constructed in the neighbourhood of the building operations.
- Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.
- Like the lime that foolish birds are caught with.
Derived terms
* chloride of lime * delime * limekiln * limelight * limelighter * limescale * limestone * limewater * limeworking * quicklime * slaked lime * soda lime * unslaked lime * white limeSee also
* asbestos * calcareous * calcify * calcine * calcium * calcium hydroxide * calcspar * calc-tufa * calculus * calx * chalkVerb
(lim)- URSULA. She's lim'd , I warrant you: we have caught her, madam.
- HERO. If it prove so, then loving goes by haps:
- Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Etymology 2
An alteration of line, a variant form of lind.Noun
(en noun)- she looked before her, not consciously seeing, but absorbing into the intensity of her mood, the solemn glory of the afternoon with its long swathes of light between the far-off rows of limes , whose shadows touched each other.
