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SubstantivVerbVerbSubstantivSubstantivin Dialogen belegt

  • Australien//ɹɪm//
  • Australien/[ˈɹʷɪm]/
  • Neuseeland//ɹəm//
  • Neuseeland/[ˈɹʷəm]/
  • Schottland//ɾɪm//

An edge around something, especially when circular.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    An edge around something, especially when circular.

    That's... our galaxy. We're beyond the rim.

  2. 2

    A wheelrim.

    About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.

  3. 3

    A semicircular copydesk.

    COPY READER — Journeyman, experienced makeup, now slot man on metropolitan midwest daily. Will travel for good rim job on large paper.

    A copy chief with poor people skills makes life miserable for copy editors on the rim; […]

    On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity.

  4. 4

    The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.

Herkunft

Etymology tree Old English rima Middle English rim English rim From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

Verb

  1. 1

    To form a rim on.

  2. 2

    To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.

    Palm trees rim the beach.

    A walking path rims the island.

  3. 3

    To roll around a rim.

    Near-synonym: lip out

    The golf ball rimmed the cup.

    The basketball rimmed in ... and out.

  4. 4

    To coat the rim of a glass with salt or another powder.

Verb

  1. 1

    SlangTo lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.

    I had learned to lick their sweaty balls and would know what they wanted if they pulled their pants down and pushed my face in their ass for a rimming out.

    When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.

Herkunft

From a variation of ream.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    A membrane.

  2. 2

    veraltetThe membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.

    Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.

Herkunft

From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma (“membrane, ligament”), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    A step of a ladder; a rung.

Herkunft

Unknown.

Formen

Plural
rims
Präteritum
rimmed
Partizip II
rimmed
Partizip I
rimming
3. Person Singular
rims
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