RIM (rimmed, rimming)
Dictionary entry overview: What does rim mean?
• RIM (noun)
The noun RIM has 5 senses:
1. the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
2. (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
3. the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
4. a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
5. the top edge of a vessel or other container
Familiarity information: RIM used as a noun is common.
• RIM (verb)
The verb RIM has 3 senses:
1. run around the rim of
2. furnish with a rim
3. roll around the rim of
Familiarity information: RIM used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RIM (noun)
Meaning:
The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("rim" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; edge (a line determining the limits of an area)
round shape (a shape that is curved and without sharp angles)
Meaning:
(basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the ball hit the rim and bounced off
Hypernyms ("rim" is a kind of...):
hoop; ring (a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling)
Domain category:
basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)
Meaning:
The outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rim" is a kind of...):
hoop; ring (a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rim"):
felloe; felly (rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted)
Holonyms ("rim" is a part of...):
wheel (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))
Meaning:
A projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
flange; rim
Hypernyms ("rim" is a kind of...):
projection (any structure that branches out from a central support)
Meaning:
The top edge of a vessel or other container
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
brim; lip; rim
Hypernyms ("rim" is a kind of...):
edge (a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rim"):
collar; shoe collar (the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot)
Holonyms ("rim" is a part of...):
vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))
• RIM (verb)
Meaning:
Run around the rim of
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
Sugar rimmed the dessert plate
Hypernyms (to "rim" is one way to...):
line; run along (be in line with; form a line along)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rim"):
beard (go along the rim, like a beard around the chin)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Furnish with a rim
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
rim a hat
Hypernyms (to "rim" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Roll around the rim of
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
the ball rimmed the basket
Hypernyms (to "rim" is one way to...):
roll; turn over (move by turning over or rotating)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
