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rim
/ɹɪm/
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What does rim mean?
noun
- An edge around something, especially when circular.
- A wheelrim.
- A semicircular copydesk.
More meanings (9)
noun
- The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.
- A membrane.
- A step of a ladder; a rung.
- (obsolete) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
verb
- To form a rim on.
- To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
- To roll around a rim.
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
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Thea, too, was drowsy, and lay looking through halfclosed eyes up at the blazing blue arch over the rim of the canyon.
Next day the chaparral, in ascending the eastern rim of the basin, was, if possible, denser and more stubbornly bayoneted than ever.
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Thus is formed a satin receptacle the rim of which is gradually raised until it becomes a bag about a centimetre deep.
It is well to set the palms out of doors in the summer, plunging the pots nearly or quite to the rim.
The sea was stained with purple and green blots, and there was a glittering line upon the rim where it met the sky.