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rim en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɹɪm/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɾɪm/ (Scotland, Wales)
• [ˈɹʷəm] (New-Zealand)
• /ɹəm/ (New-Zealand)
• [ˈɹʷɪm] (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English rima Middle English rim English rim From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly 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”).

Meanings

1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
   • That's... our galaxy. We're beyond the rim. 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Master Chief (Steve Downes), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark:
2. A wheelrim.
   • About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot. 2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36:
3. A semicircular copydesk.
   • COPY READER — Journeyman, experienced makeup, now slot man on metropolitan midwest daily. Will travel for good rim job on large paper. 1953 September 26, Editor & Publisher 1953-09-26: Vol 86 Iss 40:
   • A copy chief with poor people skills makes life miserable for copy editors on the rim; […] 2004, John Russial, Strategic Copy Editing, page 130:
   • On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity. 2009, Gaylon Eugene Murray, Effective Editing, page 7:
4. The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.

Forms

Deriveds

rimpull · Pacific Rim · rimjob · rimshot · Scenic Rim · rimrock · rimland · elbow rim · rimfire · sea-rim · push rim · rim brake · rimmaking · rimmer · split rim · rim lock · rimmaker · rimstone · rimbellisher · rim shot · rimbase · hornrims · above the rim · rim tape · rimless · rim out

Meronyms

felloe

Relateds

alloy wheel (wheel rim) · mag wheel (wheel rim)

Translations (69)

is brún (edge around something) · ia bordo (edge around something) · eo rando (edge around something) · mk ра́мка (edge around something) · bg перваз (edge around something) · sh naplatak (edge around something) · gl arengo (edge around something) · sh ivica (edge around something) · fr bord (edge around something) · nn rand (edge around something) · is barmur (edge around something) · nb innfatning (edge around something) · da indfatning (edge around something) · sh gobela (edge around something) · sh rub (edge around something) · mi parengaru (edge around something) · gl canto (edge around something) · es canto (edge around something) · ga imeall (edge around something) · mi ngutu (edge around something) · it orlo (edge around something) · fr jante (edge around something) · gd oir (edge around something) · sv kant (edge around something) · ga fonsa (edge around something) · nb kant (edge around something) · bg рамка (edge around something) · gd bile (edge around something) · de Kante (edge around something) · mk раб (edge around something) · gl ourelo (edge around something) · pt aro (edge around something) · pt borda (edge around something) · gl beira (edge around something) · gl aba (edge around something) · it bordo (edge around something) · pdt Kaunt (edge around something) · mi pārua (edge around something) · hu karima (edge around something) · gd iomall (edge around something) · gl randa (edge around something) · cmn 轮边 (edge around something) · sh obod (edge around something) · nb rand (edge around something) · gl anta (edge around something) · nn kant (edge around something) · mi niao (edge around something) · fi kehä (edge around something) · gl cadullo (edge around something) · sv rand (edge around something) · da fælg (edge around something) · pt orla (edge around something) · gl borda (edge around something) · is rönd (edge around something) · hu káva (edge around something) · izh laita (edge around something) · es borde (edge around something) · ia orlo (edge around something) · fi reuna (edge around something) · gl bordo (edge around something) · bg ръб (edge around something) · ru о́бод (edge around something) · fi reunus (edge around something) · nl rand (edge around something) · ru ободо́к (edge around something) · is kantur (edge around something) · da rand (edge around something) · ru край (edge around something) · de Rand (edge around something)

rim en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɹɪm/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɾɪm/ (Scotland, Wales)
• [ˈɹʷəm] (New-Zealand)
• /ɹəm/ (New-Zealand)
• [ˈɹʷɪm] (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English rima Middle English rim English rim From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly 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”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To form a rim on.
2. (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
   • Palm trees rim the beach.
   • A walking path rims the island.
3. (intransitive, of a ball, transitive) To roll around a rim.
   • The basketball rimmed in ... and out.
   • Near-synonym: lip out
   • The golf ball rimmed the cup.
4. To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.

Forms

Synonyms

lip out

Translations (8)

fi reunustaa (follow the contours) · es escarchar (coat the rim of a glass) · fi kiertyä (roll around a rim) · bg правя ръб (form a rim) · fi kiertää (roll around a rim) · fi reunustaa (form a rim) · bg обрамчвам (form a rim) · pt orlar (form a rim)

rim en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɹɪm/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɾɪm/ (Scotland, Wales)
• [ˈɹʷəm] (New-Zealand)
• /ɹəm/ (New-Zealand)
• [ˈɹʷɪm] (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From a variation of ream.

Meanings

1. (slang, vulgar) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
   • I had learned to lick their sweaty balls and would know what they wanted if they pulled their pants down and pushed my face in their ass for a rimming out. 1987 December 14, John W. Dagion, Sex Stop:
   • When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit. 2008, Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me), page 216:

Forms

Deriveds

rim job

Relateds

ream job

Translations (7)

sv rimma (lick the anus) · fr bouffer le cul (lick the anus) · fi nuolla peräaukkoa (lick the anus) · cmn 毒龍鑽 /毒龙钻 (lick the anus) · cmn 舔肛 (lick the anus) · nl baffen (lick the anus) · fi rimmata (lick the anus)

rim en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɹɪm/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɾɪm/ (Scotland, Wales)
• [ˈɹʷəm] (New-Zealand)
• /ɹəm/ (New-Zealand)
• [ˈɹʷɪm] (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal) A membrane.
2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
   • Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood. 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:

Forms

rim en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ɹɪm/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɾɪm/ (Scotland, Wales)
• [ˈɹʷəm] (New-Zealand)
• /ɹəm/ (New-Zealand)
• [ˈɹʷɪm] (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Unknown.

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal) A step of a ladder; a rung.

Forms