rim
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), 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”).
Noun
editrim (plural rims)
- An edge around something, especially when circular.
- 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Master Chief (Steve Downes), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Ark:
- That's... our galaxy. We're beyond the rim.
- (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.
- (journalism) A semicircular copydesk.
- 1953 September 26, Editor & Publisher 1953-09-26: 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.
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See also
edit- (wheel rim): mag wheel, alloy wheel
Verb
editrim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)
- (transitive) To form a rim on.
- (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
- Palm trees rim the beach.
- A walking path rims the island.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.
- The golf ball rimmed the cup.
- The basketball rimmed in and out.
Translations
editEtymology 2
editFrom a variation of ream.
Verb
editrim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)
- (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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Etymology 3
editFrom Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.
Noun
editrim (plural rims)
- (UK dialectal) A membrane.
- (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.
Etymology 4
editUnknown.
Noun
editrim (plural rims)
Further reading
edit- Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “RIM, sb.1 and v.1”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 114, column 2: “The rung of a ladder.”
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editFrom Latin rhythmus. Doublet of ritme.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrim m (plural rims)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “rim” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse hrím, from Proto-Germanic *hrīmą.
Noun
editrim c (singular definite rimen, not used in plural form)
Etymology 2
editFrom late Old Norse rím, from Middle Low German rim, from French rime (“rhyme”).
Noun
editrim n (singular definite rimet, plural indefinite rim)
Inflection
editFurther reading
edit- rim on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 3
editSee rime.
Verb
editrim
- imperative of rime
Galician
editVerb
editrim
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of rir:
Indonesian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Dutch riem, from Middle Dutch rieme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”), from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma, “bundle”).
Noun
editrim (first-person possessive rimku, second-person possessive rimmu, third-person possessive rimnya)
- ream, a bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
Etymology 2
editFrom Dutch riem, from Middle Dutch rieme, from Old Dutch *riomo, from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.
Noun
editrim (first-person possessive rimku, second-person possessive rimmu, third-person possessive rimnya)
Further reading
edit- “rim” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Mizo
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editNoun
editrim
Adverb
editrim
Northern Kurdish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic رُمْح (rumḥ).[1] For rimb, compare the probably related Old Armenian ռումբ (ṙumb).
Noun
editr̄im ?
Descendants
edit- → Armenian: ռըմ (ṙəm) (Van, Moks, Shatakh)
References
edit- ^ 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
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse rím and (Old?) French rime.
Noun
editrim n (definite singular rimet, indefinite plural rim, definite plural rima or rimene)
- a rhyme
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editrim m (definite singular rimen, uncountable)
- rime (frost)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “rim” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse rím, from Old French rime.
Noun
editrim n (definite singular rimet, indefinite plural rim, definite plural rima)
- a rhyme
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Norse hrím. Akin to English rime.
Noun
editrim n (definite singular rimet, uncountable)
- rime (frost)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “rim” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrīm n
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editPortuguese
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rin, from Latin rēn, from Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: rim
Noun
editrim m (plural rins)
- kidney
- (in the plural) small of the back
- (Portugal) a pastry in the shape of a kidney
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editSwedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse rím, from Proto-Germanic *rīmą.
Noun
editrim n
Declension
editDerived terms
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editVietnamese
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrim
Volapük
editNoun
editrim (nominative plural rims)
Declension
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editZhuang
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɣim˨˦/
- Tone numbers: rim1
- Hyphenation: rim
Adjective
editrim (1957–1982 spelling rim)
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