rim

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
rim
    n 1: the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular
         object
    2: (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the
       ball hit the rim and bounced off"
    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 [syn: {flange}, {rim}]
    5: the top edge of a vessel or other container [syn: {brim},
       {rim}, {lip}]
    v 1: run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"
    2: furnish with a rim; "rim a hat"
    3: roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket"
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rim \Rim\, n. [As. rima, reoma, edge; cf. W. rhim, rhimp, a rim,
   edge, boundary, termination, Armor, rim. Cf. {Rind}.]
   1. The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of
      something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or
      basin.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The lower part of the abdomen. [Obs.] --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   {Arch rim} (Phonetics), the line between the gums and the
      palate.

   {Rim-fire cartridge}. (Mil.) See under {Cartridge}.

   {Rim lock}. See under {Lock}.
      [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rim \Rim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Rimming}.]
   To furnish with a rim; to border.
   [1913 Webster]
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
RIM
       Registry Information Model (ebXML)
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
RIM
       Remote Installation and Maintenance
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "rim":
      adjoin, balloon tire, bank, befringe, belted bias tire,
      belted radial tire, bias tire, bind, board, border, bordure, bound,
      brim, brink, brow, coast, edge, enframe, featheredge, felly,
      flange, frame, fringe, hem, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, ledge,
      limb, limbus, line, lip, list, march, marge, margin, marginate,
      nonskid tire, outline, perimeter, periphery, pneumatic tire,
      purfle, purl, radial tire, ragged edge, retread, retreaded tire,
      safety tire, selvage, set off, shore, side, sideline, skirt,
      snow tire, studded tire, tire, trim, tubeless tire, verge,
      white sidewall tire, winter tire
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