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rim
Found in thesaurus: bound, boundary, edge, round shape, ring, hoop, projection, line, run along, provide, supply, furnish, render, turn over, roll
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rim
v.
furnish with a rim, border with, surround with; serve as a rim, serve as a border or frame
n.
edge, brink; frame or edge surrounding an object; metal hoop from which a basketball net is hung; outer edge of a wheel; metal edge of a wheel on which a tire is placed
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Rim
Rim may refer to:
- Rim (coin), the sharp circular (or otherwise shaped) edge which surrounds the coin design
- Rim (craters), the part of a crater that extends above the height of the local surface
- Rim (firearms), a projection machined into the bottom of a firearms cartridge
- Rim (novel), by Alexander Besher
- Rim (wheel), the outer part of a wheel on which the tire is mounted
- Rim (basketball), part of equipment for basketball
- Breakaway rim, a specialized rim capable of sustaining forceful dunks
- Rim, Nepal
- Rim, Crnomelj, a village in the Municipality of Crnomelj, southeastern Slovenia
- Rim, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, a village near Vrbovsko, Croatia
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rim
Noun
1. the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
(hypernym) boundary, edge, bound
2. (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off"
(hypernym) hoop, ring
(classification) basketball, basketball game, hoops
3. the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
(hypernym) hoop, ring
(hyponym) felloe, felly
(part-holonym) wheel
4. a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
(synonym) flange
(hypernym) projection
5. the top edge of a vessel
(synonym) brim, lip
(hypernym) edge
(part-holonym) vessel
Verb
1. run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"
(hypernym) line, run along
(hyponym) beard
2. furnish with a rim; "rim a hat"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
3. roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket"
(hypernym) roll, turn over
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rim (m)
n.
kidney, one of a pair of organs that filters metabolic wastes from the blood
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rim
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