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rim

(rĭm)

a. The upper or outer edge of an object, especially when curved or circular. See Synonyms at border.

b. The upper edge of a steep slope; a cliff or brink: the rim of a canyon.

a. The circular outer part of a wheel, furthest from the axle.

b. A circular metal structure around which a wheel tire is fitted.

tr.v. rimmed, rim·ming, rims

1. To furnish with a rim.

2. Sports To roll around the rim of (a basket or golf cup, for example) without falling in.

3. Vulgar Slang To perform anilingus on.

[Middle English, from Old English rima.]

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rim

(rɪm)

1. the raised edge of an object, esp of something more or less circular such as a cup or crater

2. (Automotive Engineering) the peripheral part of a wheel, to which the tyre is attached

3. (Basketball) basketball the hoop from which the net is suspended

vb (tr) , rims, rimming or rimmed

4. to put a rim on (a pot, cup, wheel, etc)

5. slang to lick, kiss, or suck the anus of (one's sexual partner)

6. (General Sporting Terms) ball games (of a ball) to run around the edge of (a hole, basket, etc)

[Old English rima; related to Old Saxon rimi, Old Norse rimi ridge]

RIM

abbreviation for

(Automotive Engineering) Mauritania (international car registration)

[From République Islamique de Mauritanie]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

rim

(rɪm)

n., v. rimmed, rim•ming. n.

1. the outer, often circular edge or border of something.

2. the outer circle of a wheel, attached to the hub by spokes.

3. a circular strip of metal forming the connection between an automobile wheel and tire.

4. a drive wheel or flywheel, as on a spinning mule.

v.t.

5. to furnish with a rim.

6. to roll around the edge of but not go in: a basketball rimming the basket.

[before 1150; Old English -rima (in compounds); c. Old Norse rimi raised strip of land]

rim

Past participle: rimmed
Gerund: rimming

Imperative
rim
rim

Present
I rim
you rim
he/she/it rims
we rim
you rim
they rim

Preterite
I rimmed
you rimmed
he/she/it rimmed
we rimmed
you rimmed
they rimmed

Present Continuous
I am rimming
you are rimming
he/she/it is rimming
we are rimming
you are rimming
they are rimming

Present Perfect
I have rimmed
you have rimmed
he/she/it has rimmed
we have rimmed
you have rimmed
they have rimmed

Past Continuous
I was rimming
you were rimming
he/she/it was rimming
we were rimming
you were rimming
they were rimming

Past Perfect
I had rimmed
you had rimmed
he/she/it had rimmed
we had rimmed
you had rimmed
they had rimmed

Future
I will rim
you will rim
he/she/it will rim
we will rim
you will rim
they will rim

Future Perfect
I will have rimmed
you will have rimmed
he/she/it will have rimmed
we will have rimmed
you will have rimmed
they will have rimmed

Future Continuous
I will be rimming
you will be rimming
he/she/it will be rimming
we will be rimming
you will be rimming
they will be rimming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rimming
you have been rimming
he/she/it has been rimming
we have been rimming
you have been rimming
they have been rimming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rimming
you will have been rimming
he/she/it will have been rimming
we will have been rimming
you will have been rimming
they will have been rimming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rimming
you had been rimming
he/she/it had been rimming
we had been rimming
you had been rimming
they had been rimming

Conditional
I would rim
you would rim
he/she/it would rim
we would rim
you would rim
they would rim

Past Conditional
I would have rimmed
you would have rimmed
he/she/it would have rimmed
we would have rimmed
you would have rimmed
they would have rimmed

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Noun	1.	rim - the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles bound, boundary, edge - a line determining the limits of an area
	2.	rim - (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off" basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop hoop, ring - a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
	3.	rim - the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached felloe, felly - rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted hoop, ring - a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" wheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
	4.	rim - a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object flange projection - any structure that branches out from a central support
	5.	rim - the top edge of a vessel or other container brim, lip shoe collar, collar - the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
Verb	1.	rim - run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate" beard - go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights" line, run along - be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the riverbank"
	2.	rim - furnish with a rim; "rim a hat" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	3.	rim - roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket" roll, turn over - move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"

rim

noun

1. edge, lip, brim, flange She looked at him over the rim of her glass.

2. border, edge, trim, circumference a round mirror with white metal rim

3. margin, border, bound, boundary, verge, brink, perimeter, periphery, extremity round the eastern rim of the Mediterranean

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

rim

noun

A fairly narrow line or space forming a boundary:

border, borderline, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, margin, periphery, verge.

Chiefly Military: perimeter.

verb

To put or form a border on:

border, bound, edge, fringe, margin, skirt, verge.

Translations

حَافَّةحافَّه، إطار

okrajobroučka

kant=-kant

reuna

rub

brún, barmur

bordo cerchione montatura orlare orlo

縁

테두리

be rėmeliųsu... apvadusu... rėmeliu

ietvarsmalastīpa

rob

kant

ขอบ

ağız çerçeve kenar

vành

边缘

rim

[rɪm] N [of cup etc] → borde m; [of wheel] → llanta f; [of spectacles] → montura f; [of dirt etc] → cerco m
the rim of the sun → el borde del sol

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rim

[ˈrɪm] n

[cup, glass] → bord m

[canyon, valley] → sommet m

[glasses] → monture f
glasses with wire rims → des lunettes avec une monture métallique

[wheel] → jante f

rim

n (of cup, bowl) → Rand m; (of hat also) → Krempe f; (of spectacles also) → Fassung f; (of wheel) → Felge f, → Radkranz m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rim

[rɪm] n (of cup) → orlo; (of wheel) → cerchione m; (of spectacles) → montatura

rim

(rim) noun

an edge or border. the rim of a wheel; the rim of a cup.

ˈrimless adjective

without a rim. rimless spectacles.

rimmed adjective

horn-rimmed spectacles; Her eyes were red-rimmed from crying.

rim

→ حَافَّة okraj kant Rand ζάντα borde reuna bord rub bordo 縁 테두리 rand kant obręcz borda обод kant ขอบ ağız vành 边缘

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about the width of an ordinary cell), and were in depth about one sixth of the diameter of the sphere of which they formed a part, the rims of the basins intersected or broke into each other.

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This was done with great enthusiasm by those who were made so they could drink at all, and those who could not drink politely touched the rims of their goblets to their lips.

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From north to southeast, the mountain rim curved in the brightness of the sun, while Saxon and Billy were already in the shadow of evening.

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She dips her rim, She sinks, she founders in the mist; and still The stream flows on, and to the insatiate sea Hurries her white-wave flocks innumerable In never-ending tale.

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An opiate vapour, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her golden rim, And, softly dripping, drop by drop, Upon the quiet mountain top.

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This was a fountain, set round with a rim of old mossy stones, and paved, in its bed, with what appeared to be a sort of mosaic-work of variously colored pebbles.

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The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea.

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I came upon him quite suddenly, and no less unexpectedly, upon the rim of the great Sahara Desert.

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At a quarter before twelve, where a wide bend of the river gave a long vista south, the sun showed its upper rim above the sky-line.

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The rim of black spread slowly into the sun's disk, my heart beat higher and higher, and still the assemblage and the priest stared into the sky, motionless.

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The ship's bell was ringing for us; a guitar in the background burlesqued the Wedding March under skinny fingers; the air was poisoned by a million cigarettes, they raised a pall of smoke above the mastheads, they set fire to the ship; smoke and flame covered the sea from rim to rim, smoke and flame filled the universe; the sea dried up, and I was left lying in its bed, lying in my coffin, with red-hot teeth, because the sun blazed right above them, and my withered lips were drawn back from them for ever.

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Yonder, by the ever-brimming goblet's rim, the warm waves blush like wine.

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