rime
1 Americannoun
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Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
verb (used with object)
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to cover with rime or hoarfrost.
noun
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frost formed by the freezing of supercooled water droplets in fog onto solid objects
verb
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(tr) to cover with rime or something resembling rime
noun
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an archaic spelling of rhyme
Other Word Forms
- rimeless adjective
Etymology
Origin of rime
before 900; Middle English rim, Old English hrīm; cognate with Dutch rijm, Old Norse hrīm
Example Sentences
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Late in September, when he woke up mornings, he would see rime on the ground.
From Literature
If the riming is particularly intense, the rimed snow crystal can grow to an appreciable size, but remain less than 0.2 inches.
From Los Angeles Times
In the larger refrigerated chambers, hooks impaled butterflied swine and cattle rimed with frost, their pale ribs gleaming in the shallow light.
From Literature
Crisp, opaque rime — now doesn’t that roll trippingly off the tongue?
From Washington Post
But do you know your hoar frost from your rime?
From BBC
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