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rim
[ rim ]
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
1abbreviation 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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˜yÐÄvlog 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, ridgeâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog 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 also paired Hayes with Doncic, a maestro when it comes to playing with athletic centers who he can find space for lobs near the rim.
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The ball bounced softly off the rim only for James to finish the play just as the horn sounded.
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Prosper, who wore a grey T-shirt, attended his hearing wearing black rimmed glasses.
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The second steal led to a Dalton Knecht dunk, with Knecht landing scarily on his back and head after his grip slipped off the rim.
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“He gets better every single day. You can see he can tear the rim down,†Piepoli said.
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