rim

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See also rím, rim-, Rim, and Řím

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Etymology [edit]

Old English rima.

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Noun [edit]

rim (plural rims)

  1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
  2. (automotive, cycling) wheelrim
  3. (obsolete) The lower part of the abdomen.
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rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)

  1. To form a rim on.
  2. To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit
    Palm trees rim the beach.
    A walking path rims the island.
  3. (of a ball) To roll around a rim.
    The golf ball rimmed the cup.
    The basketball rimmed in and out.
  4. (slang) to lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.
    • 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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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old Norse hrím.

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

  1. hoarfrost, rime

Etymology 2 [edit]

From late Old Norse rím, from Middle Low German rim, from French rime (rhyme).

Noun [edit]

rim n (singular definite rimet, plural indefinite rim)

  1. rhyme
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Etymology 3 [edit]

See rime.

Verb [edit]

rim

  1. imperative of rime

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Rafsi [edit]

rim

  1. rafsi of rimni.

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rim

  1. smell
  2. odour

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rim

  1. hard

Old English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Proto-Germanic *rīmą (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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Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin ren.

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rim m (plural rins)

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

Swedish [edit]

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rim n

  1. rhyme

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Noun [edit]

rim (plural rims)

  1. rhyme

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