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  • past tense form of rim.
  • past participle of rim.
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rimmed

American  
[rimd] / rɪmd /

adjective

  1. having a rim.

    Do you wear rimmed or rimless glasses?

  2. having a rim of a specified kind (often used in combination).

    Your red-rimmed eyes show that you have been crying.


Etymology

Origin of rimmed

First recorded in 1720–30; rim + -ed 3


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Heat the oven to 400°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Except for one picked cuticle on a fingernail, which was ever so slightly rimmed with blood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

He wore a black t-shirt, dark trousers and black rimmed glasses as he entered his pleas.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025

Hundreds of attendees lie on blankets, wearing wireless headphones rimmed with aqua lights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2025

She wears a gown fashioned from a pink kimono, her hair piled in an elaborate knotted style and her eyes rimmed in a striking red.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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