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rim

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Clipping of English Rimi .

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rim

  1. (international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code for Nyaturu .

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English

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Etymology 1

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Old English rima
Middle English rim
English rim

    From 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").

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    rim (plural rims )

    1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
    2. (automotive , cycling ) A wheelrim.
      • 2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36:
        About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.
    3. (journalism ) A semicircular copydesk.
      • 1953 September 26, Editor & Publisher 1953年09月26日: Vol 86 Iss 40‎[2] :
        COPY READER — Journeyman, experienced makeup, now slot man on metropolitan midwest daily. Will travel for good rim job on large paper.
      • 2004, John Russial, Strategic Copy Editing, page 130:
        A copy chief with poor people skills makes life miserable for copy editors on the rim; [...]
      • 2009, Gaylon Eugene Murray, Effective Editing, page 7:
        On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity.
    4. (wine ) The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.
    Meronyms
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    Translations
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    edge around something
    wheelrim — see wheelrim
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    Verb

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

    1. (transitive ) To form a rim on.
    2. (transitive ) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
      Palm trees rim the beach.
      A walking path rims the island.
    3. (transitive or intransitive , of a ball) To roll around a rim.
      Near-synonym: lip out
      The golf ball rimmed the cup.
      The basketball rimmed in ... and out.
    4. (bartending) To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
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    form a rim
    follow the contours
    roll around a rim
    coat the rim of a glass

    Etymology 2

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    From a variation of ream .

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

    1. (vulgar , slang ) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.
      • 1987 December, John W. Dagion, Sex Stop‎[3] :
        I had learned to lick their sweaty balls and would know what they wanted if they pulled their pants down and pushed my face in their ass for a rimming out.
      • 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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    lick the anus

    Etymology 3

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    From Middle English rim , rym , ryme , reme , from Old English rēoma ("membrane, ligament"), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō .

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    rim (plural rims )

    1. (UK dialectal ) A membrane.
    2. (UK dialectal or obsolete ) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
      • 1599, Shakespeare, King Henry V, act iV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand:
        Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.

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    Unknown.

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    rim (plural rims )

    1. (UK , dialectal ) A step of a ladder; a rung.

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    Catalan

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    Etymology

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    From Latin rhythmus . Doublet of ritme .

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    Noun

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    rim m (plural rims )

    1. verse
      Synonym: vers
    2. rhyme
      Synonym: rima
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    Danish

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Norse hrím , from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą .

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

    1. hoarfrost, rime
      Synonym: rimfrost
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    Declension of rim
    common
    gender     		singular
    indefinite definite
    nominative rim rimen
    genitive rims rimens

    Etymology 2

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

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    rim n (singular definite rimet , plural indefinite rim)

    1. rhyme
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    Declension of rim
    neuter
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative rim rimet rim rimene
    genitive rims rimets rims rimenes
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    Etymology 3

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    See rime .

    Verb

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    rim

    1. imperative of rime

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    Galician

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    rim

    1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rir :
      1. third-person plural present indicative
      2. first-person singular preterite indicative

    Indonesian

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Dutch riem , from Middle Dutch rieme , from Old French raime , rayme ("ream"), from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma, "bundle").

    Noun

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    rim (plural rim-rim)

    1. ream, a bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets

    Etymology 2

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    From Dutch riem , from Middle Dutch rieme , from Old Dutch *riomo , from Proto-West Germanic *reumō .

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    rim (plural rim-rim)

    1. (colloquial ) leather belt

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    Mizo

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    From Proto-Kuki-Chin *rim ("smell").

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    Noun

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    rim

    1. smell, scent
    2. odour

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    rim

    1. hard

    Northern Kurdish

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    From Arabic رُمْح (rumḥ).[1] For rimb , compare the probably related Old Armenian ռումբ (ṙumb).

    Noun

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    r̄im ?

    1. spear, lance, javelin
    2. unit of measure the length of a spear

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    • → Armenian: ռըմ (ṙəm) (Van, Moks, Shatakh)

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    1. ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003), "rim", in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1] , with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 518a

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    From Old Norse rím and (Old?) French rime .

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    rim n (definite singular rimet , indefinite plural rim, definite plural rima or rimene )

    1. a rhyme
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    From Old Norse hrím .

    Noun

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    rim m (definite singular rimen , uncountable )

    1. rime (frost)
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    • "rim" in The Bokmål Dictionary.

    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Norse rím , from Old French rime .

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

    1. a rhyme
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    Etymology 2

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    From Old Norse hrím . Akin to English rime .

    Noun

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    rim n (definite singular rimet , uncountable )

    1. rime (frost)
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    • "rim" in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

    Old English

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-West Germanic *rīm , from Proto-Germanic *rīmą ("number, count, series"), from Proto-Indo-European *h2rey- ("to reason, count"). Akin to Old Frisian rīm , Old Saxon -rīm , Old High German rīm , Icelandic rím .

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    Noun

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    n ?

    1. number

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    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative rīm rīm
    accusative rīm rīm
    genitive rīmes rīma
    dative rīme rīmum

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    Portuguese

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    rim (sense 3)

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    Latin rēn
    Old Galician-Portuguese rin
    Portuguese rim

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rin , from Latin rēn .

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      rim m (plural rins )

      1. kidney
      2. (in the plural ) small of the back
      3. (Portugal ) A type of pastry shaped like a kidney.
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      Réunion Creole French

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      Alternative forms

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      • rum (High Creole)

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      From French rhum .

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      rim (Low Creole)

      1. rum (a spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses)

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      • Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 300

      Swedish

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      Etymology

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      From Old Norse rím , from Proto-Germanic *rīmą .

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      rim n

      1. a rhyme (two words that rhyme)
      2. a rhyme (rhyming verse)
      3. rhyme (rhyming)

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      Vietnamese

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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      rim • (熑, 沾 )

      1. to cook food with a small amount of water over a period of time in order for salt or sugar to penetrate the food
        Cam sành chê đắng chê hôi,
        Hồng rim chê lạt, thuốc chồi khen ngon.
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      Volapük

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      Noun

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      rim (genitive rima , plural rims )

      1. rhyme

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      Declension of rim
      Singular Plural
      Nominative rim rims
      Genitive rima rimas
      Dative rime rimes
      Accusative rimi rimis
      Predicative 1 rimu rimus
      Vocative o rim o rims
      1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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      Yimchungru Naga

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      Noun

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      rim

      1. grass

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      • The Learner's Book, Adult Primer and the Bible use rim for "grass", but the Trilingual Dictionary glosses it as "weed" and instead glosses the compound rimkiu as "grass".

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      • Raguibou, I.D.; Borah, Dinkur (29 July 2022), A Yimkhiung-English-Hindi Trilingual Dictionary‎[4] , Centre for Endangered Languages, Tezpur University, page 43

      Zhuang

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Tai *k.temA ("full"). Cognate with Thai เต็ม (dtem), Lao ເຕັມ (tem), Northern Thai ᨲᩮ᩠ᨾ , Lü ᦎᦲᧄ (ṫiim), Shan တဵမ် (tǎem), Nong Zhuang daem .

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      Adjective

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      rim (1957–1982 spelling rim)

      1. full

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