Meaning

noun the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object

verb run around the rim of

noun (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended

originFrom 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”),…

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