rim
To form a rim onTo form a rim on.
» I enjoy sipping on a margarita with salt around the rim.
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5 senses(transitive)To form a rim on.
furnish with a rim
(transitive)To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
Palm trees rim the beach.
A walking path rims the island.
(intransitive, transitive)To roll around a rim.
Near-synonym: lip out
The golf ball rimmed the cup.
roll around the rim of
To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
(slang, vulgar)To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
Examples
22 sentencesI enjoy sipping on a margarita with salt around the rim.
Tom wears thick-rimmed glasses.
ruТом носит очки в толстой оправе. — sharptoothed
Tom wears black-rimmed glasses.
ruТом носит очки в чёрной оправе. — odexed
Tom wears horn-rimmed glasses.
ruТом носит очки в роговой оправе. — Wezel
deTom trägt eine Hornbrille. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom filled Mary's wine glass to the rim.
ruТом наполнил до краёв бокал вина Марии. — odexed
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coastFrom 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”).
From a variation of ream.
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Forms
rims, rimming, rimmed, rimmedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle