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Rimmed

Rim \Rim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rimming.] To furnish with a rim; to border.

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rimmed

a. having a rim

WordNet
rim
  1. v. 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"

  4. [also: rimming, rimmed]

rimmed

adj. having a rim or a rim of a specified kind; "do you wear rimmed or rimless glasses?" [ant: rimless]

rim
  1. n. 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]

  5. the top edge of a vessel [syn: brim, lip]

  6. [also: rimming, rimmed]

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Usage examples of "rimmed".

His eyes had a considerable bulge to them and they were rimmed with ribbons of red.

His face was haggard, his eyes were vacant-looking and rimmed with red, his long yellow hair had lost most of its luster.

A pair of shining supple hands took form in the gloom, hands rimmed with ghostly light.

Ellid sent men out to seek news of her father, for though Eitha said nothing her eyes were rimmed with red.

His three bear-like guides took him southward, toward the mountains that rimmed the sea.

On the following morning Ellid sent men out to seek news of her father, for though Eitha said nothing her eyes were rimmed with red.

Vampires had finished feeding and were seated in their chairs, their expressions serene, their eyes placid, their mouths rimmed with a red film.

They fed the fire and rimmed it with smooth stones, broke out the copper cookware, and did the magical things Titanides could do to turn fresh meat and fish into wonders of improvisation.

Close behind him was a black half-moon rimmed in fire: the sun chopped in half.

Airless moonscape rimmed with cloud, scored with lines pointing inward toward a black dot.

The arrow-straight canyon resumed further on, scrith rimmed with splashed lava.