rim

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The outer edge of something, especially something round.

   She traced her finger around the rim of the cup.

2. 2
   noun

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

   He polished the chrome rims on his car.

3. 3
   verb

   To form a border or edge around something.

   Tall palm trees rim the beach.

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”).

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