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- [rim]
- /rɪm/
- /rɪm/
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- [rim]
- /rɪm/
Definitions of rim word
- noun rim the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object. 1
- noun rim any edge, margin, or frame added to or around a central object or area. 1
- noun rim the outer circle of a wheel, attached to the hub by spokes. 1
- noun rim a circular strip of metal forming the connection between an automobile wheel and tire, either permanently attached to or removable from the wheel. 1
- noun rim a drive wheel or flywheel, as on a spinning mule. 1
- noun rim Basketball. the metal ring from which the net is suspended to form the basket. 1
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Origin of rim
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
before 1150; Middle English; Old English -rima (in compounds); cognate with Old Norse rimi raised strip of land, ridge
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Parts of speech for Rim
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rim popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rim usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rim
noun rim
- absolutes — free from imperfection; complete; perfect: absolute liberty.
- abuttal — abuttals. those parts of one piece of land that abut on adjacent lands; boundaries. Also, buttals. Law. the boundary lines of a piece of land in relation to adjacent lands.
- abuttals — the boundaries of a plot of land where it abuts against other property
- berm — a narrow path or ledge at the edge of a slope, road, or canal
- border — The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
verb rim
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- boxed in — simple past tense and past participle of box in.
- close in — If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
- define — to describe the nature, properties, or essential qualities of
- fence in — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
Antonyms for rim
noun rim
- bullseye — the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- centra — a plural of centrum.
- centrality — the state or condition of being central
- centriole — either of two rodlike bodies in most animal cells that form the poles of the spindle during mitosis
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