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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RIM, n.
1. the border, edge or margin of a thing; as the rim of a kettle or bason; usually applied to things circular or curving.
2. the lower part of the belly or abdomen.
RIM, v.t. to put on a rim or hoop at the border.
RIME, n. This is the more correct orthography, but rhyme is commonly used, which see.]
RIME, n.
White or hoar frost; congealed dew or vapor.
RIME, n. [L. rima.]
A chink; a fissure; a rent or long aperture. [Not in use.]
RIME, v.i. to freeze or congeal into hoar frost.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
2: (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off"
3: the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
4: a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object [syn: flange, rim]
5: the top edge of a vessel or other container [syn: brim, rim, lip] v
1: run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"
2: furnish with a rim; "rim a hat"
3: roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rima; akin to Old Norse rimi strip of land Date: 13th century 1. a. brink b. the outer often curved or circular edge or border of something 2. a. the outer part of a wheel joined to the hub usually by spokes b. a removable outer metal band on an automobile wheel to which the tire is attached 3. frame 4c(1) • rimless adjective II. verb (rimmed; rimming) Date: 1621 transitive verb 1. to run around the rim of <putts that rim the cup> 2. to serve as a rim for ; border <cliffs rimming the camp> intransitive verb to form or show a rim

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a raised edge or border. b a margin or verge, esp. of something circular. 2 the part of a pair of spectacles surrounding the lenses. 3 the outer edge of a wheel, on which the tyre is fitted. 4 a boundary line (the rim of the horizon). --v.tr. (rimmed, rimming) 1 a provide with a rim. b be a rim for or to. 2 edge, border. Phrases and idioms: rim-brake a brake acting on the rim of a wheel. Derivatives: rimless adj. rimmed adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE rima edge: cf. ON rimi ridge (the only known cognate)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rim Rim, n. [As. rima, reoma, edge; cf. W. rhim, rhimp, a rim, edge, boundary, termination, Armor, rim. Cf. Rind.] 1. The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin. 2. The lower part of the abdomen. [Obs.] --Shak. Arch rim (Phonetics), the line between the gums and the palate. Rim-fire cartridge. (Mil.) See under Cartridge. Rim lock. See under Lock.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rim Rim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rimming.] To furnish with a rim; to border.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rims) 1. The rim of a container such as a cup or glass is the edge that goes all the way round the top. She looked at him over the rim of her glass. N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. The rim of a circular object is its outside edge. ...a round mirror with white metal rim. N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. see also rimmed, -rimmed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Border, edge, margin, brim, brink, verge, border, skirt, confine.

Moby Thesaurus

adjoin, balloon tire, bank, befringe, belted bias tire, belted radial tire, bias tire, bind, board, border, bordure, bound, brim, brink, brow, coast, edge, enframe, featheredge, felly, flange, frame, fringe, hem, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, ledge, limb, limbus, line, lip, list, march, marge, margin, marginate, nonskid tire, outline, perimeter, periphery, pneumatic tire, purfle, purl, radial tire, ragged edge, retread, retreaded tire, safety tire, selvage, set off, shore, side, sideline, skirt, snow tire, studded tire, tire, trim, tubeless tire, verge, white sidewall tire, winter tire