rimmed
[rimd]
Origin of rimmed
rim
[rim]
- the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- any edge, margin, or frame added to or around a central object or area.
- the outer circle of a wheel, attached to the hub by spokes.
- a circular strip of metal forming the connection between an automobile wheel and tire, either permanently attached to or removable from the wheel.
- a drive wheel or flywheel, as on a spinning mule.
- Basketball. the metal ring from which the net is suspended to form the basket.
- Journalism. the outer edge of a usually U-shaped copy desk, occupied by the copyreaders.Compare slot1(def 5b).
- Metallurgy. (in an ingot) an outer layer of metal having a composition different from that of the center.
- to furnish with a rim, border, or margin.
- (of a golf ball or putt) to roll around the edge of (a hole) but not go in.
- Basketball. (of a basketball) to roll around (the rim of the basket) and not go in.
- to coat or encrust the rim of (a glass): Rim each cocktail glass with salt.
Origin of rim
before 1150; Middle English; Old English -rima (in compounds); cognate with Old Norse rimi raised strip of land, ridge
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com1. lip, verge. Rim, brim refer to the boundary of a circular or curved area. A rim is a line or surface bounding such an area; an edge or border: the rim of a glass. Brim usually means the inside of the rim, at the top of a hollow object (except of a hat), and is used particularly when the object contains something: The cup was filled to the brim.
Antonyms
1. center.
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Examples from the Web for rimmed
Contemporary Examples
The German Panzers fought with suicidal ferocity, storming the hill until it was rimmed with a bulwark of bodies.
Strain into a chilled snifter glass, rimmed with smoked-chipotle dust.
She scrunched her nose and leaned in to examine the creases and dark circles that rimmed her eyes.
Historical Examples
He went on until the sun was low in the west and all the sky was rimmed with color.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
The invaders fired blindly into the darkness that rimmed the deck.
The Cruise of the Dry DockT. S. Stribling
The sun had set, but it left walls and portals of cloud tinged and rimmed with fire.
The Long RollMary Johnston
While these lashes were not long, they were thick and rimmed her eyes with a fine, thin line.
The OctopusFrank Norris
Her eyes, rimmed with red from crying, were pools of darkness in her pale face.
The Saracen: The Holy WarRobert Shea
rim
- the raised edge of an object, esp of something more or less circular such as a cup or crater
- the peripheral part of a wheel, to which the tyre is attached
- basketball the hoop from which the net is suspended
- to put a rim on (a pot, cup, wheel, etc)
- slang to lick, kiss, or suck the anus of (one's sexual partner)
- ball games (of a ball) to run around the edge of (a hole, basket, etc)
Word Origin
Old English rima; related to Old Saxon rimi, Old Norse rimi ridge
RIM
- Mauritania (international car registration)
Word Origin
From République Islamique de Mauritanie
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Word Origin and History for rimmed
rim
n.
Old English rima "edge, border, verge, coast," as in særima "seashore," literally "rim of the sea," and dægrima "dawn," literally "rim of the day." Related to Old Norse rime, rimi "a raised strip of land, ridge," Old Frisian rim "edge," but with no other known cognates. The snare drummer's rim shot (striking the rim and the head at once) is recorded from 1934.
rim
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
rim
(rĭm)
- The border, edge, or margin of an organ or a part.
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