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rimmed

  [rimd]
Use rimmed in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1720–30; rim + -ed 3

rim

  [rim] noun, verb, rimmed, rim⋅ming.
–noun
1. the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, esp. of a circular object.
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 (def. 5).
8. Metallurgy. (in an ingot) an outer layer of metal having a composition different from that of the center.
–verb (used with object)
9. to furnish with a rim, border, or margin.
10. (of a golf ball or putt) to roll around the edge of (a hole) but not go in.
11. Basketball. (of a basketball) to roll around (the rim of the basket) and not go in.
12. to coat or encrust the rim of (a glass): Rim each cocktail glass with salt.
Origin:
bef. 1150; ME; OE -rima (in compounds); c. ON rimi raised strip of land, ridge

Related forms:
rimless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. lip, verge. 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.

Antonyms:
1. center.
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rim   (rĭm)   
n.  

  1. The usually curved or circular border or edge of an object. See Synonyms at border.

  2. The circular outer part of a wheel, furthest from the axle.

  3. A circular metal structure around which a wheel tire is fitted.

tr.v.   rimmed, rim·ming, rims

  1. To furnish with a rim.

  2. Sports To roll around the rim of (a basket or golf cup, for example) without falling in.

  3. Vulgar Slang To perform anilingus on.


[Middle English, from Old English rima.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

rim 
O.E. rima "edge, border," as in særima "seashore," lit. "rim of the sea," and dægrima "dawn," lit. "rim of the day." Related to O.N. rime, rimi "a raised strip of land, ridge." No known cognates in other languages. The snare drummer's rim shot is recorded from 1934.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

rim (rĭm)
n.
The border, edge, or margin of an organ or a part.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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