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rim

Pronunciation: /ɹɪm/

The English word “rim” has 12 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An edge around something, especially when circular.
  2. A wheelrim.
  3. A semicircular copydesk.
  4. The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.
  5. A membrane.
  6. The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
  7. A step of a ladder; a rung.

verb

  1. To form a rim on.
  2. To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
  3. To roll around a rim.
  4. To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
  5. To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.

Etymology

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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