English Explanatory Dictionary

riming

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That covers with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
noun
  1. gerund of rime: the process of covering with rime or hoar frost.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of rime
noun
  1. gerund of rime: the action or process of dyeing wool or yarn reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs.

Pronunciation

rīʹmĭng /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/

Word forms

riming

Etymology

From rime (“to cover (something) with rime or (loosely) hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).

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