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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English rima.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
rim

Plural
rims

rim (plural rims)

  1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
  2. (automotive) wheel rim

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Infinitive
to rim

Third person singular
rims

Simple past
rimmed

Past participle
rimmed

Present participle
rimming

to rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)

  1. to lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrím.

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rim c. (singular definite rimen, not used in plural form)

  1. hoarfrost, rime

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rim n. (singular definite rimet, plural indefinite rim)

  1. rhyme

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rim

  1. Imperative of rime.

[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *rim- (number, count, series) from Proto-Indo-European *re(i)- (to reason, count). Akin to Old Frisian rīm, Old Saxon -rīm, Old High German rīm, Icelandic rím

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rīm n.

  1. a number, counting, reckoning, numeral; calendar
    Rim miclade monna mægþe geond middan-geard — Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase
  2. sum; enumeration

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Singular Plural
nominative rīm rīm
accusative rīm rīm
genitive rīmes rīma
dative rīme rīmum

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[edit] Portuguese

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Latin ren

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rim m. (plural: rins)

  1. kidney
  2. (plural) small of the back

[edit] Swedish

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rim n.

Inflection for rim Singular Plural
neuter Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rim rimmet rim rimmen
Genitive rims rimmets rims rimmens
  1. rhyme

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rim

  1. a rhyme

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