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

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Prosper, who wore a grey T-shirt, attended his hearing wearing black rimmed glasses.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

Impossibly deep caves in somber velvets and blues are rimmed with massive coffin ships of unknown origin.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024

“Had a wide-open look and it rimmed out,” said James.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

He searches the audience for someone he knows, but it isn’t his crowd—lots of lit majors with leather satchels and gold- rimmed glasses and fountain pens, lots of people Ruth would have waved to.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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