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rim noun [ rɪm ]

• the upper or outer edge of an object, typically something circular or approximately circular.
• "a china egg cup with a gold rim"
Similar: brim, edge, lip,

rim verb

• form or act as an outer edge or rim for.
• "a huge lake rimmed by glaciers"
Origin: Old English rima ‘a border, coast’; compare with Old Norse rimi ‘ridge, strip of land’ (the only known cognate).

rim verb

• lick or suck the anus of (someone) as a means of sexual stimulation.
Origin: perhaps a variant of ream2.

RIM abbreviation

• Mauritania (international vehicle registration).
Origin: from French République Islamique de Mauritanie .


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