noun
Meaning 1
An edge around something, especially when circular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rim
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Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪm/
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Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɹwɪm]
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New-Zealand: /ɹəm/
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New-Zealand: [ˈɹwəm]
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Scotland, Wales: /ɾɪm/
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noun
Meaning 2
A wheelrim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, transport, vehicles
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noun
Meaning 3
A semicircular copydesk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: journalism, media
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noun
Meaning 4
The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
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noun
Meaning 5
A membrane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 6
The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
A step of a ladder; a rung.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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verb
Meaning 8
To form a rim on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Palm trees rim the beach.
- A walking path rims the island.
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verb
Meaning 10
To roll around a rim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- Near-synonym: lip out
- The golf ball rimmed the cup.
- The basketball rimmed in ... and out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lip out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 12
To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, vulgar
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noun
Meaning 13
the top edge of a vessel or other container
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brim, lip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: edge
Narrower terms: collar, shoe collar
noun
Meaning 14
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flange
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: projection
noun
Meaning 15
the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hoop, ring
Narrower terms: felloe, felly
noun
Meaning 16
(basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the ball hit the rim and bounced off
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hoop, ring
noun
Meaning 17
the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: round shape, boundary, edge, bound
verb
Meaning 18
roll around the rim of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the ball rimmed the basket
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: roll, turn over
verb
Meaning 19
furnish with a rim
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- rim a hat
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
verb
Meaning 20
run around the rim of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Sugar rimmed the dessert plate
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: line, run along
Narrower terms: beard
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Old English rima Middle English rim English rim From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).
From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.
Unknown.
From a variation of ream.
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ръб (rǎb) — edge around something
- Bulgarian: рамка (ramka) — edge around something
- Bulgarian: перваз (pervaz) — edge around something
- Chinese Mandarin: 轮边 (lúnbiān) — edge around something
- Danish: rand — edge around something
- Danish: indfatning — edge around something
- Danish: fælg — edge around something
- Dutch: rand — edge around something
- Esperanto: rando — edge around something
- Finnish: reuna — edge around something
- Finnish: reunus — edge around something
- Finnish: kehä — edge around something
- French: bord — edge around something
- French: jante — edge around something
- Galician: bordo — edge around something
- Galician: borda — edge around something
- Galician: ourelo — edge around something
- Galician: randa — edge around something
- Galician: arengo — edge around something
- Galician: anta — edge around something
- Galician: cadullo — edge around something
- Galician: beira — edge around something
- Galician: aba — edge around something
- Galician: canto — edge around something
- German: Rand — edge around something
- German: Kante — edge around something
- Hungarian: karima — edge around something
- Hungarian: káva — edge around something
- Icelandic: barmur — edge around something
- Icelandic: brún — edge around something
- Icelandic: rönd — edge around something
- Icelandic: kantur — edge around something
- Ingrian: varo — edge around something
- Ingrian: laita — edge around something
- Interlingua: bordo — edge around something
- Interlingua: orlo — edge around something
- Irish: imeall — edge around something
- Irish: fonsa — edge around something
- Italian: orlo — edge around something
- Italian: bordo — edge around something
- Macedonian: раб (rab) — edge around something
- Macedonian: ра́мка (rámka) — edge around something
- Māori: parengaru — edge around something
- Māori: ngutu — edge around something
- Māori: niao — edge around something
- Māori: pārua — edge around something
- Norwegian Bokmål: kant — edge around something
- Norwegian Bokmål: rand — edge around something
- Norwegian Bokmål: innfatning — edge around something
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rand — edge around something
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kant — edge around something
- Plautdietsch: Kaunt — edge around something
- Portuguese: borda — edge around something
- Portuguese: orla — edge around something
- Portuguese: aro — edge around something
- Russian: край (kraj) — edge around something
- Russian: о́бод (óbod) — edge around something
- Russian: ободо́к (obodók) — edge around something
- Scottish Gaelic: iomall — edge around something
- Scottish Gaelic: oir — edge around something
- Scottish Gaelic: bile — edge around something
- Serbo-Croatian: rub — edge around something
- Serbo-Croatian: ivica — edge around something
- Serbo-Croatian: obod — edge around something
- Serbo-Croatian: naplatak — edge around something
- Serbo-Croatian: gobela — edge around something
- Spanish: borde — edge around something
- Spanish: canto — edge around something
- Swedish: rand — edge around something
- Swedish: kant — edge around something
- Bulgarian: обрамчвам (obramčvam) — form a rim
- Bulgarian: правя ръб (pravja rǎb) — form a rim
- Finnish: reunustaa — form a rim
- Portuguese: orlar — form a rim
- Finnish: reunustaa — follow the contours
- Finnish: kiertää — roll around a rim
- Finnish: kiertyä — roll around a rim
- Spanish: escarchar — coat the rim of a glass
- Dutch: baffen — lick the anus
- Finnish: nuolla peräaukkoa — lick the anus
- Finnish: rimmata — lick the anus
- French: bouffer le cul — lick the anus
- Swedish: rimma — lick the anus