Dime rhymes with:

v 1: make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire] [ant: clean, make clean]

n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument [syn: chime, bell, gong] v 1: emit a sound; "bells and gongs chimed"

n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 2: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: climb, climbing, mounting] 3: the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" [syn: climb, mount] v 1: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: climb, climb up, mount, go up] 2: move with difficulty, by grasping 3: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: wax, mount, climb, rise] [ant: wane] 4: slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" 5: improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" 6: increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" [syn: rise, go up, climb]

n 1: the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate, clime]

n 1: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" [syn: crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking] 2: an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"

n 1: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime, daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime]

n 1: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge] v 1: make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" [syn: dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire] [ant: clean, make clean]

n 1: the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life" [syn: life, lifetime, life- time, lifespan]

n 1: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn: calcium hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate] 2: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime] 3: a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds [syn: birdlime, lime] 4: any of various related trees bearing limes [syn: lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia] 5: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart- shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber [syn: linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree] 6: the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees v 1: spread birdlime on branches to catch birds [syn: birdlime, lime] 2: cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"

n 1: an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression [syn: mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist] 2: a performance using gestures and body movements without words [syn: mime, pantomime, dumb show] v 1: imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately" [syn: mimic, mime] 2: act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" [syn: mime, pantomime]

adj 1: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]

adj 1: first in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister" [syn: premier(a), prime(a)] 2: used of the first or originating agent; "prime mover" 3: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select] 4: of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers; "prime number" 5: being at the best stage of development; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning [syn: prime, meridian] n 1: a number that has no factor but itself and 1 [syn: prime, prime quantity] 2: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush] 3: the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m. 4: the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest [syn: prime, prime of life] v 1: insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine" 2: cover with a primer; apply a primer to [syn: prime, ground, undercoat] 3: fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"

n 1: correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) [syn: rhyme, rime] 2: a piece of poetry [syn: verse, rhyme] v 1: compose rhymes [syn: rhyme, rime] 2: be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme" [syn: rhyme, rime]

n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) [syn: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime] 2: correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) [syn: rhyme, rime] v 1: be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme" [syn: rhyme, rime] 2: compose rhymes [syn: rhyme, rime]

n 1: any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze] v 1: cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim"

adv 1: at some indefinite or unstated time; "let's get together sometime"; "everything has to end sometime"; "It was to be printed sometime later" adj 1: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]

adj 1: inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night" [syn: empyreal, empyrean, sublime] 2: worthy of adoration or reverence [syn: reverend, sublime] 3: lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton 4: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded] v 1: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublime, sublimate] 2: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated" [syn: sublime, sublimate]

n 1: the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore" [syn: summer, summertime]

n 1: any of various mints of the genus Thymus 2: leaves can be used as seasoning for almost any meat and stews and stuffings and vegetables

n 1: an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" [syn: time, clip] 2: a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time" 3: an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time" 4: a suitable moment; "it is time to go" 5: the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past 6: a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together" 7: a reading of a point in time as given by a clock; "do you know what time it is?"; "the time is 10 o'clock" [syn: clock time, time] 8: the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event [syn: fourth dimension, time] 9: rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration [syn: meter, metre, time] 10: the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" [syn: prison term, sentence, time] v 1: measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners" [syn: clock, time] 2: assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene" 3: set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely" 4: regulate or set the time of; "time the clock" 5: adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"

n 1: the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox [syn: winter, wintertime]

n 1: a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

n 1: more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first

n 1: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]