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rimmed

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rim  (rm)
n.
1. The usually curved or circular border or edge of an object. See Synonyms at border.
2. The circular outer part of a wheel, furthest from the axle.
3. A circular metal structure around which a wheel tire is fitted.
tr.v. rimmed, rim·ming, rims
1. To furnish with a rim.
2. Sports To roll around the rim of (a basket or golf cup, for example) without falling in.
3. Vulgar Slang To perform anilingus on.

[Middle English, from Old English rima.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.rimmed - having a rim or a rim of a specified kind; "do you wear rimmed or rimless glasses?"
rimless - lacking a rim or frame; "rimless glasses"
Translations
rimmed [rɪmd] ADJ rimmed withcon un borde de ...
glasses rimmed with goldgafas fpl con montura dorada
rimmed
adjmit Rand; wheelmit Felge; gold-rimmed spectaclesBrille fmit Goldfassung or -rand; red-rimmed eyesrot geränderte Augen
rimmed [ˈrɪmd] adj (with colour) → bordato/a
rimmed [ˈrɪmd] adj (with colour) → bordato/a


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The knuckles were skinned and inflamed clear across, the fingers swollen, the nails rimmed with black.
He raised his head and leaning far out over the low rail that rimmed his dizzy perch, voiced the shrill, weird wail that called the demons of this hellish place to the attack.
She had made friends with the spring down in the hollow-- that wonderful deep, clear icy-cold spring; it was set about with smooth red sandstones and rimmed in by great palm-like clumps of water fern; and beyond it was a log bridge over the brook.
 
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