rim
/ɹɪm/ verb C2- To form a rim on.
- To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit. · Palm trees rim the beach.· A walking path rims the island.
- To roll around a rim. · Near-synonym: lip out· The golf ball rimmed the cup.
- To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.
He/she/it rims · Past rimmed · Past participle rimmed · -ing form rimming
Verb forms
- Base form
- rim
- He/she/it
- rims
- Past
- rimmed
- Past participle
- rimmed
- -ing form
- rimming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The nest swayed to and fro, as they sat on the rim and cried.
Lawrence Gulf seemed to rim in the splendor like a huge bowl of pearl and sapphire brimmed with wine and fire.
Arthur adjusted his spectacles, his weathered hands tracing the rim of a porcelain teacup with the precision of a lifelong engineer.
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