also n. 1. Correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse. 2. 1. A poem or verse having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of lines. 2. Poetry or verse of this kind. 3. A word that corresponds with another in terminal sound, as behold and cold.v., rhymed also rimed, rhym·ing rim·ing, rhymes rimes.v.intr. 1. To form a rhyme. 2. To compose rhymes or verse. 3. To make use of rhymes in composing verse.v.tr. 1. To put into rhyme or compose with rhymes. 2. To use (a word or words) as a rhyme.