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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

Example Sentences

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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

After Reaves’ jumper rimmed out, Denver created an open Jamal Murray three off a screen from Jokic, and like he’s done multiple times before, the Denver guard hit the game’s biggest shot.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 15, 2025

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

From BBC Feb. 24, 2025

He turned his head upward so his eyes could search out mine, the soft brown irises huge and rimmed in white in a way I’d never seen before.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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