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noun

the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
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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 slot ¹( def 5b ).
Metallurgy. (in an ingot) an outer layer of metal having a composition different from that of the center.

verb (used with object)

rimmed, rimming.

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.

RIM

abbreviation for

Mauritania (international car registration)

rim

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noun

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

verb

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)

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Other Word Forms

��l�� 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

From République Islamique de Mauritanie

Origin of rim²

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

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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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It’s impossible to know if fatigue was the difference in clean looks at the rim for Doncic and James that both didn’t go down.

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Their lack of rim protection got badly exploited by McDaniels, who consistently went over their defense.

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“We’re communicating, giving second and third efforts. Teams getting one shot at the rim, you know, not two,” Dorian Finney-Smith said.

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A huge ancient eruption created the dreamy Greek island, leaving a vast crater and a horse-shoe shaped rim.

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Because while Doncic got whatever he wanted, Austin Reaves struggled against Minnesota’s pressure, missing easy shots and the rim and struggling to get the Lakers into offense.

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