rim English · revision 15436

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=897}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɹɪm/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|rime]], [[inh|ang|rima|t=edge, border, coast]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) found mainly in compounds such as [[m|ang|sǣrima|t=seashore]] and [[m|ang|dæġrima|t=dawn]];^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) it is related to [[ofs|rim|t=edge]] and [[non|rimi|t=raised strip of land, ridge]], with no other known cognates.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An edge or border: 897, in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', in Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The outer ring of a wheel is from about 1400,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and the general sense, a border of anything, typically a raised circular edge, by about 1600.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The rim of a pair of spectacles is from 1865.^(OED 1989) The verb, to fit with a rim, is from 1794 (1621 in Merriam-Webster);^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) the sexual slang senses are from the 1920s.^(Etymonline)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 897 – rima, edge.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * probably before 1200 – rieme, edge.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1400 – the rim of a wheel.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1600 – any raised edge.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1794 – to rim (verb).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The outer edge of something, especially something round, such as a cup or crater.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The outer part of a [[wheel]], to which the [[tyre]] is fitted.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(basketball)'' The hoop from which the net hangs.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To form or put a rim around.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of a ball, to roll around the rim of a basket or hole without dropping in.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rimless]]

+ * [[rimfire]]

+ * [[rimland]]

+ * [[rimmer]]

+ * [[rimrock]]

+ * [[rimstone]]

+ * [[Pacific Rim]]

+ * [[rim lock]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[brim]]

+ * [[edge]]

+ * [[border]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Orkney a rim was a rocky bottom in the sea, a favourite fishing ground.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}