Definitions for the word "rhyme" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A word answering in sound to another word.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
To make rhymes, or verses.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
To accord in rhyme or sound.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To put into rhyme.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To influence by rhyme.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 identity of sound between words or their endings, esp. In verse. 2 (in sing. Or pl.) Verse or a poem having rhymes. 3 use of rhyme. 4 word providing a rhyme. v. (-ming) 1 a (of words or lines) produce a rhyme. B (foll. By with) act as or treat (a word) as a rhyme (with another). 2 make or write rhymes. 3 put or make (a story etc.) Into rhyme. rhyme or reason sense, logic. [latin: related to *rhythm]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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