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riming

verb

present participle of rime
as in coating
to cover with a hardened layer frost riming the doorknob

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riming
  1. coating
  2. encrusting
  3. smearing
  4. crusting
  5. caking
  6. covering
Verb
  • Spray from top to bottom, coating the glass and screens evenly.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of assessing the particle only as a whole, researchers used instrumented indentation to examine the response of its individual coating layers.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of coating
Verb
  • As cities race to figure out to handle this growing plague encrusting bridges and landmarks, one town has found a solution through art.
    — Ash Bhardwaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026
  • As the salmon blackens in a skillet, the spices awaken, encrusting the fish in peppery piquant.
    — The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of encrusting
Verb
  • Yet what follows is an extended list of ethical sins, with a focus on the sins of abusive speech, such as slandering, slurring, slighting and smearing the reputations of others.
    — Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • People have gone from smearing the compound on their faces to using injections, in hopes of achieving firmer, wrinkle-free skin and other anti-aging benefits.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of smearing
Verb
  • More drying means more soil aggregates can break down, increasing the potential for crusting.
    — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There were dishes of baby food crusting over on the kitchenette counter.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of crusting
Verb
  • Wipe down furniture in the kitchen or dining room frequently to prevent grease from caking on.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
  • Dry the tracks thoroughly afterward to prevent grime from caking into the grooves.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of caking
Verb
  • By the end, both characters are thoroughly stranded, almost as if the series creators finally realized that the people covering the story weren’t the real story after having already committed in that direction.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In 2012, Lynn was covering an incident in Hollywood for KTLA when his helicopter started to smoke heavily.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of covering
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“Riming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riming. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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