rime

Pronunciation: /ɹaɪm/

The English word “rime” has 16 meanings listed here.

noun

Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
A film or slimy coating.
White hair as an indication of old age.
Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
A cold fog or mist.
The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on (as opposed to the onset).
A narrow aperture or opening; a chink, a crack, a fissure; a rent, a rip.

verb

To cover (something) with rime (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1 or etymology 1, noun sense 3.1) or (loosely) hoar frost.
To cover (something) with a thin coating or film; to coat.
Sometimes followed by up: of a thing: to become covered with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
Followed by up: to count (something); to number, to reckon.
To enlarge (a hole), especially using a tool such as a reamer.
To remove debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole or a pipe) using a tool.
To dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs.
Followed by into: to probe, to pry.

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English rim, rime, rym, ryme (“hoar frost; rime”), from Old English hrīm (“frost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīm (“rime; hoar frost”), from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą (North Germanic), *hrīmaz, *hrīmô (“rime; hoar frost”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to graze, touch; to streak”). The verb is derived from the noun. (The Old English equivalent, which did…

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