rim

1. 1.

   run around the rim of

   “Sugar rimmed the dessert plate”

   Broaderline

   Narrowerbeard
2. 2.

   furnish with a rim

   “rim a hat”

   Broadersupply
3. 3.

   roll around the rim of

   “the ball rimmed the basket”

   Broaderroll

Other forms of rim

plural

rims·

past tense or participle

rimmed

present participle

rimming

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rim

What does rim mean?

rim means "the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rim?

rim has 1 syllable: rim. In IPA it is /ˈɹɪm/.

What is another word for rim?

Close synonyms include flange, brim, lip. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rim a common word?

rim is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.