rim

Meanings

Noun

• An edge around something, especially when circular.
• A wheelrim.
• A semicircular copydesk.
• A membrane.
• The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.

Verb

• To form a rim on.
• To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
• To roll around a rim.
• To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act.

Origin

• From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima ("rim, edge, border, bank, coast"), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô, from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim ("plank, wooden cross, trellis"), Old Saxon rimi, Icelandic rimi ("a strip of land").
• From Middle English rim, rym, ryme, reme, from Old English rēoma ("membrane, ligament"), from Proto-West Germanic *reumō.
• From a variation of ream.