An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
brim, rim, lip
(noun) the top edge of a vessel or other container
flange, rim
(noun) a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
rim
(noun) the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
rim
(noun) (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; “the ball hit the rim and bounced off”
rim
(noun) the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
rim
(verb) roll around the rim of; “the ball rimmed the basket”
rim
(verb) furnish with a rim; “rim a hat”
rim
(verb) run around the rim of; “Sugar rimmed the dessert plate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rim (plural rims)
An edge around something, especially when circular.
(automotive, cycling) A wheelrim.
(journalism) A semicircular copydesk.
rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed) (transitive)
To form a rim on.
(transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
(transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.
rim (plural rims)
(UK dialectal) A membrane.
(UK dialectal or obsolete) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
rim (third-person singular simple present rims, present participle rimming, simple past and past participle rimmed)
(slang) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act.
• IRM, MIR, MRI, Mir, RMI, miR, mir
Source: Wiktionary
Rim, n. Etym: [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.
2. The lower part of the abdomen. [Obs.] Shak. Arch rim (Phonetics), the line between the gums and the palate.
– Rim-fire cartridge. (Mil.) See under Cartridge.
– Rim lock. See under Lock.
Rim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rimming.]
Definition: To furnish with a rim; to border.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2024
(adjective) tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; “a counselor tries not to be faultfinding”
An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.