rhyme

rhyme
1. noun
1) Reim, der

without rhyme or reason — ohne Sinn und Verstand

2) (short poem) Reim, der; (rhyming verse) gereimte Verse
3) (rhyming word) Reimwort, das
2. intransitive verb
sich reimen (with auf + Akk.)
3. transitive verb
reimen
* * *
1. noun
1) (a short poem: a book of rhymes for children.) der Reim
2) (a word which is like another in its final sound(s): `Beef' and `leaf' are rhymes.) der Reim
3) (verse or poetry using such words at the ends of the lines: To amuse his colleagues he wrote his report in rhyme.) der Reim
2. verb
((of words) to be rhymes: `Beef' rhymes with `leaf'; `Beef' and `leaf' rhyme.) sich reimen
* * *
rhyme
[raɪm]
I. n
1. no pl (identity in sound) Reim m
in \rhyme gereimt, in Reimform
2. (poem) Reim[vers] m
3. (word) Reimwort nt
4.
without \rhyme or reason ohne [jeden] Sinn und Verstand
II. vi
to \rhyme [with sth] poem, song, words sich akk [auf etw akk] reimen
III. vt
to \rhyme words Wörter reimen
* * *
[raɪm]
1. n
1) (= rhyming word) Reim m

rhyme scheme — Reimschema nt

without rhyme or reason — ohne Sinn und Verstand

there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it, that has no rhyme or reason — das hat weder Sinn noch Verstand

2) (= poem) Gedicht nt

in rhyme — in Reimen or Versen

to put into rhyme — in Reime or Verse bringen

2. vt
reimen
3. vi
1) (words) sich reimen
2) (pej: write verse) reimen, Verse schmieden
* * *
rhyme [raım]
A s
1. a) LIT Reim m
b) Reimwort n:
“hot” and “lot” are rhymes „hot“ und „lot“ reimen sich;
I can’t think of a rhyme for “oval” mir fällt kein Wort ein, das sich auf „oval“ reimt;
caudate (oder tail[ed]) rhyme Schweifreim;
double (oder female, femine) rhyme weiblicher oder klingender Reim;
male (oder masculine) rhyme männlicher oder stumpfer Reim;
middle rhyme Binnenreim m;
rich rhyme reicher Reim;
visual (oder eye, sight) rhyme Augenreim;
rhyme scheme Reimschema n
2. a) Reim m, Vers m
b) Reimverse pl:
put into rhyme etwas in Reime setzen
3. fig without rhyme or reason ohne Sinn und Verstand;
find no rhyme or reason in sich keinen Reim machen können auf (akk)
B v/i
1. reimen, Verse machen
2. sich reimen (with auf akk)
C v/t
1. reimen, in Reime bringen:
rhymed in Reimform;
rhymed verse Reimvers m (Ggs Blankvers)
2. ein Wort reimen lassen (with auf akk)
* * *
1. noun
1) Reim, der

without rhyme or reason — ohne Sinn und Verstand

2) (short poem) Reim, der; (rhyming verse) gereimte Verse
3) (rhyming word) Reimwort, das
2. intransitive verb
sich reimen (with auf + Akk.)
3. transitive verb
reimen
* * *
n.
Reim -e m.

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