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
1synonym study For rim
Other words for rim
Opposites for rim
Other words from rim
- rimless, adjective
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How to use rim in a sentence
I find my glasses and look at Pimples over the rims with my best grounded-for-life glare.
As Hudson vainly tried to save Lopez, the Honda roared away on just the wheel rims.
Cop Who Protected Obama, Romney, at Debate Latest Victim of Illegal Guns | Michael Daly | October 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn his haste to flee, he had dropped his owlish horn rims, his wallet, and false teeth.
The Killing of Guerrilla Leader Boosts Violence-Weary Colombia | Mac Margolis | November 13, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe grey eyes that looked over those gold rims were remarkable.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsA new set of rims for the fly wheels was made by constructing them of an aluminum casting, the section of the rim being U-shaped.
Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II | S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley and Charles M. (Charles Matthews) Manly
The l sounds, the narrowing for which is between the side rim or rims of the tongue and the side teeth (lateral formation).
The Sounds of Spoken English | Walter RippmannThe plants being re-potted, plunge them in the bark-bed again, quite down to the rims of the pots, keeping them perfectly level.
The different modes of cultivating the pine-apple | John Claudius LoudonThe distant rims of the world and of the firmament seemed to be a division in time no less than a division in matter.
Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy
British Dictionary definitions for rim (1 of 2)
/ (rɪm) /
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)
Origin of rim
1British Dictionary definitions for RIM (2 of 2)
Mauritania (international car registration)
Origin of RIM
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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