rimed

past tense of rime
as in coated
to cover with a hardened layer frost riming the doorknob

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Verb
  • Dust coated my skin, dried out my contact lenses.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Europe's decision to ban the chemical for cosmetic use means that nail salon clients living within the bloc will no longer have their fingernails coated in potentially toxic TPO products.
    Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • Something crusted their corners shut.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • Beyoncé gave husband Jay-Z a $5 million Hublot Big Bang watch encrusted with nearly 1,300 diamonds on his 43rd birthday.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In the living room, wall panels composed of plaster, wood, and resin are encrusted with plexiglass and semiprecious stones.
    Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Laptop screens get spattered, smeared, dusty, and dirty from frequent use.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Jason’s windshield was smeared, and the late-afternoon sunlight came through hazily.
    Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
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  • Mud caked the walls and floors on the home’s bottom level.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But the experience with crypto mining, where GPUs are run inside dusty data centers that leave GPUs caked in dirt, were a catalyst for what became CoreWeave’s secret sauce.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • All four sides of the building are covered by a pattern of interlocking trapezoidal pieces that serve as a sunscreen, cooling the interior.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Madsen later had an 11-yard TD run to counter the Eagles’ lone first-half scoring drive, which covered 72 yards in 10 plays.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Rimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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