rim

B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ɹɪm/ See IPA manual

Freq #11613

Meanings

1

noun
The outer edge of something, especially something round.

She traced her finger around the rim of the cup.
2

noun
The metal outer frame of a wheel that the tyre fits onto.

He polished the chrome rims on his car.
3

verb
To form a border or edge around something.

Tall palm trees rim the beach.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms rimlessrimmedrimmingrims

Derived forms hornrimsrimbaserimbellisherrimfirerimjobrimlandrimlessrimmakerrimmakingrimmerrimpullrimrock

Etymology

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”).

rim Middle English rima Old English *rimô Proto-Germanic *rem- Proto-Indo-European

View etymology graph ->

External links

# rim

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪm/
**Frequency rank:** 11613

## Meanings
1. The outer edge of something, especially something round.
2. The metal outer frame of a wheel that the tyre fits onto.
3. To form a border or edge around something.

## Examples
- She traced her finger around the rim of the cup.
- He polished the chrome rims on his car.
- Tall palm trees rim the beach.

## Derived Forms
- hornrims
- rimbase
- rimbellisher
- rimfire
- rimjob
- rimland
- rimless
- rimmaker
- rimmaking
- rimmer
- rimpull
- rimrock

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rim
- Root: rima
- Root: *rimô
- Root: *rem-

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Rim comes 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”). Modern senses include the outer edge of something, especially something round. and the metal outer frame of a wheel that the tyre fits onto.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as hornrims, rimbase, rimbellisher, rimfire, rimjob, and rimland.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

markdown

rim

Meanings

Thesaurus

Common collocations

Etymology

Topics

External links

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback