rim
verb/rɪm/
/rɪm/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rim | /rɪm/ /rɪm/ |
| he / she / it rims | /rɪmz/ /rɪmz/ |
| past simple rimmed | /rɪmd/ /rɪmd/ |
| past participle rimmed | /rɪmd/ /rɪmd/ |
| -ing form rimming | /ˈrɪmɪŋ/ /ˈrɪmɪŋ/ |
- rim something to form an edge around somethingWord OriginOld English rima ‘a border, coast’; compare with Old Norse rimi ‘ridge, strip of land’ (the only known cognate).
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