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Meaning of rim

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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