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rim

[ rim ]

noun

  1. the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.

    Synonyms: verge, lip

    Antonyms: center

  2. any edge, margin, or frame added to or around a central object or area.
  3. the outer circle of a wheel, attached to the hub by spokes.
  4. a circular strip of metal forming the connection between an automobile wheel and tire, either permanently attached to or removable from the wheel.
  5. a drive wheel or flywheel, as on a spinning mule.
  6. Basketball. the metal ring from which the net is suspended to form the basket.
  7. Journalism. the outer edge of a usually U -shaped copy desk, occupied by the copyreaders. Compare slot 1( def 5b ).
  8. Metallurgy. (in an ingot) an outer layer of metal having a composition different from that of the center.


verb (used with object)

, rimmed, rim·ming.
  1. to furnish with a rim, border, or margin.
  2. (of a golf ball or putt) to roll around the edge of (a hole) but not go in.
  3. Basketball. (of a basketball) to roll around (the rim of the basket) and not go in.
  4. to coat or encrust the rim of (a glass):

    Rim each cocktail glass with salt.

rim

1

/ rɪm /

noun

  1. the raised edge of an object, esp of something more or less circular such as a cup or crater
  2. the peripheral part of a wheel, to which the tyre is attached
  3. basketball the hoop from which the net is suspended


verb

  1. to put a rim on (a pot, cup, wheel, etc)
  2. slang.
    to lick, kiss, or suck the anus of (one's sexual partner)
  3. ball games (of a ball) to run around the edge of (a hole, basket, etc)

RIM

2

abbreviation for

  1. Mauritania (international car registration)

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Other Words From

  • rimless adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rim1

First recorded before 1150; Middle English; Old English -rima (in compounds); cognate with Old Norse rimi “raised strip of land, ridge”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rim1

Old English rima ; related to Old Saxon rimi , Old Norse rimi ridge

Origin of rim2

From République Islamique de Mauritanie

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Synonym Study

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.

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Example Sentences

“It’s nice to see the ball go through the rim,” said Clark, who went 4 for 6 from behind the arc in the second half.

Brown has also finished 6 percent more of his shots at the rim and, perhaps most importantly, has become one of the league’s premier long-range snipers.

Siakam’s inability to finish at the rim was a key factor in Toronto’s second-round loss to the Boston Celtics.

He’s still using those basketball skills, getting to the rim.

In his first start of the season in Bryant’s stead, Lopez helped set the tone at the rim, grabbing 11 rebounds, including seven offensive boards.

He had, after all, already learned just how much trouble that could get him into—rim shot.

Then we shoot Pacific Rim December 2015 all the way to the middle of 2016 to be ready for release April 2017.

Adding a rim protector aside from the 36-year-old Birdman would certainly be nice too.

Odds are, you expected Jackson to swish all three, but first freebie dribbled off the front of the rim and suddenly, hope renewed!

You still have to get a ball through a rim - even if a peach basket bottom no longer prevents it from dropping to the ground.

From this day, Ramona never knew an instant's peace or rest till she stood on the rim of the refuge valley, high on San Jacinto.

The others kept on, climbed the short, steep bank, and passed from sight over its rim.

I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.

"I tell you," he said, and turned his head to look wistfully up at the eastern coulée-rim, all tinted with the blazing sunset.

A faint column of smoke curled up into the still air, and as he spoke the lower rim of the setting sun met the edge of the moor.

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