rim
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).
Noun
rim (plural rims)
- An edge around something, especially when circular.
- 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Master Chief (Steve Downes), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark:
- That's... our galaxy. We're beyond the rim.
- (automotive, cycling) A wheelrim.
- 2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36:
- About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.
- (journalism) A semicircular copydesk.
- 2004, John Russial, Strategic Copy Editing, page 130:
- A copy chief with poor people skills makes life miserable for copy editors on the rim; […]
- 2009, Gaylon Eugene Murray, Effective Editing, page 7:
- On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity.
Meronyms
Derived terms
Translations
edge around something
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wheel rim
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See also
- (wheel rim): mag wheel, alloy wheel
Verb
rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)
- (transitive) To form a rim on.
- (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
- Palm trees rim the beach.
- A walking path rims the island.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.
- The golf ball rimmed the cup.
- The basketball rimmed in and out.
Translations
form a rim
Etymology 2
From a variation of ream.
Verb
rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)
- (vulgar, slang) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
- 2008, Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me), page 216:
- When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.
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Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.
Noun
rim (plural rims)
- (UK dialectal) A membrane.
- (UK dialectal or obsolete) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
- 1599, Shakespeare, King Henry V, act iV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand:
- Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.
Etymology 4
Unknown.
Noun
rim (plural rims)
Further reading
- Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “RIM, sb.1 and v.1”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 114, column 2: “The rung of a ladder.”
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
rim m (plural rims)
Related terms
Further reading
- “rim” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hrím, from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą.
Noun
rim c (singular definite rimen, not used in plural form)
Etymology 2
From late Old Norse rím, from Middle Low German rim, from French rime (“rhyme”).
Noun
rim n (singular definite rimet, plural indefinite rim)
Inflection
Declension of rim
Further reading
rim on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 3
See rime.
Verb
rim
- imperative of rime
Verb
rim
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rir:
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch riem, from Middle Dutch rieme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”), from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma, “bundle”).
Noun
rim (first-person possessive rimku, second-person possessive rimmu, third-person possessive rimnya)
- ream, a bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
Etymology 2
From Dutch riem, from Middle Dutch rieme, from Old Dutch *riomo, from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.
Noun
rim (first-person possessive rimku, second-person possessive rimmu, third-person possessive rimnya)
Further reading
- “rim” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Pronunciation
Noun
rim
Adverb
rim
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