rimed

verb

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rimed
  1. coated
  2. crusted
  3. encrusted
  4. smeared
  5. caked
  6. covered
Verb
  • The wings in the ad appeared to be heavily coated in a thick, dark sauce, and some of the pieces didn’t clearly resemble drums or flats.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Today, various combinations are packed into cardboard spheres or cylinders—shells—along with fuses coated in a flammable slurry, then sealed inside kraft paper and shot from fibreglass mortars.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of coated
Verb
  • Sliced turkey comes in a handful of styles, including smoked, honey-roasted, pepper-crusted and herb-roasted, as well as low-sodium, organic and 95% fat-free.
    — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Black-fly bites from the week before had crusted near our hairlines and circled our wrists.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
Definition of crusted
Verb
  • The fan guards in the walk-in cooler was encrusted with residue.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • There were also issues with wastewater disposal, damaged floors, and pots and pans encrusted with food debris and grease deposits.
    — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of encrusted
Verb
  • In 2012 an angler pulled a brown bullhead out of a lake on the Vermont-Quebec border with what looked like tar smeared across its skin.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The women went to the bathroom to mop the bottoms of their eyes, where their makeup was smeared from crying.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Definition of smeared
Verb
  • When the rescue team found the cat, its eyes were caked with dust and debris, and after extraction, the feline received hydration and medical care.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
  • Degrease The Kitchen If frying bacon or green tomatoes has left your range hood and cooktop with caked on grease, Windex can cut through it.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
Definition of caked
Verb
  • This is a large, Art Deco covered market, built in the 1920s for an architectural competition.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Inside the Lasch Football Building, for example, there’s barely a wall not covered in some sort of a mural featuring a uniformed player, Nike swoosh proudly displayed.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of covered
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“Rimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimed. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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