rim (rɪm
)
Definitions
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
Word forms: rims, rimming, rimmed
(tr) - 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)
Word Origin
Old English rima ; related to Old Saxon rimi , Old Norse rimi ridgeRIM
Definitions
abbreviation for
- Mauritania (international car registration)
Word Origin
From République Islamique de MauritanieTranslations
- British English:
rim
The rim of a container or a circular object is the edge which goes all the way round the top or round the outside....a round mirror with a white metal rim.rɪm NOUN ...a round mirror with a white metal rim.
- Spanish:
borde
nm
- French:
bord
nm
- German:
Rand
nm Ränder
- Chinese: 边缘 n
- Arabic: حَافَّة n
- Portuguese: borda nf
- Russian: обод nm
- Croatian: rub nm
- Czech: okraj nm
- Danish: kant nutr
- Dutch: rand nm
- Finnish: reuna n
- Greek: ζάντα nf
- Italian: bordo nm
- Japanese: 縁 n
- Korean: 테두리 n
- Norwegian: kant nm
- Polish: obręcz nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: borda nf
- European Spanish:
borde
nm
- Swedish: kant nutr
- Thai: ขอบ n
- Turkish: ağız n
- Vietnamese: vành n
Usage examples
Her hand slipped down to her inner thigh, to the naked skin above the rim of her stockings.
, Compulsion (1994)DENVER NUGGETS New NBA order: Kenyon Martin is an animal under the boards and above the rim.
Maxim (2004)More than 20,000 security staff will be deployed through the annual summit of 21 Pacific rim leaders.
New Zealand Herald (2003)As the striker approached the rim of the 18-yard box, he clipped his ankles.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)Place thumbs on rim of the eye sockets at the upper inside corner of the eyes.
, The Complete System of Chinese Self-Healing (1989)