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Definition of rim verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. rim something to form an edge around something
    Word OriginOld English rima ‘a border, coast’; compare with Old Norse rimi ‘ridge, strip of land’ (the only known cognate).
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