Rim - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪm|
Brit.
|rɪm|
noun
- the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
- a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object (syn: flange)
- the top edge of a vessel or other container (syn: brim, lip)
- (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
the ball hit the rim and bounced off
- the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached- a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object (syn: flange)
- the top edge of a vessel or other container (syn: brim, lip)
verb
- run around the rim of
Sugar rimmed the dessert plate
- furnish with a rimrim a hat
- roll around the rim ofthe ball rimmed the basket
Extra examples
There were chips on the rim of the plate.
He bought stainless steel rims for his new car.
She rimmed her eyes with eyeliner.
The cliffs rim the camp.
His eyes were rimmed with fatigue.
Sugar rimmed the dessert plate
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: rim
he/she/it: rims
present participle: rimming
past tense: rimmed
past participle: rimmed
I/you/we/they: rim
he/she/it: rims
present participle: rimming
past tense: rimmed
past participle: rimmed
noun
singular: rim
plural: rims
singular: rim
plural: rims
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