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adjective

as in encircling

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verb

present participle of rim
as in bordering
to serve as a border for long lashes rimmed his eyes

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Recent Examples of rimming
Verb
When Anaheim outnumbered him with two checkers, Lekkerimäki dealt with the pressure by rimming a backhand pass along the wall behind the net for Filip Chytil to fight for on the opposite-side half wall. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Use your fingers to rub everything together until fragrant, then remove the mint leaves and transfer the mint sugar to a small plate or bowl for rimming glasses. — Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2026 Set up a salt rimming station and let your guests have at it. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Jan. 2026 Potential game-tying shots rimming in and out. — Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026 Where to Eat and Drink Most dining options are concentrated in small towns rimming the Dark Sky area, like Paisley, Lakeview, Christmas Valley, Burns, and Fields. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rimming
  1. embracing
  2. bordering
  3. surrounding
  4. bounding
  5. connecting
  6. marginal
  7. peripheral
  8. joined
Adjective
  • The saints’ days are celebrated, the great days of history are celebrated, and they’re celebrated with this sort of enormous exuberance and deep investment that is somehow very, very touching, very embracing, and very inclusive.
    — Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
Definition of embracing
Verb
  • Democrats now hold three of Indiana's nine seats in Congress, including the 1st District in northwest Indiana, bordering Chicago, and the 7th District, centered on Indianapolis.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • In court filings, the two plaintiffs further alleged that the land bordering the Bankhead Highway fell within Aledo’s and Fort Worth’s extraterritorial jurisdictions, or ETJs, so Willow Park had no right to claim it.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of bordering
Adjective
  • Some critics of the budget cuts argue that the bar may be high but merited, given what the museum has to offer Brussels in terms of art, direct and indirect employment, and revitalizing the surrounding, low-income neighborhood.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Connecticut farmers have been watching how surrounding states have handled the bright red flying bug and adjusted their farms accordingly.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of surrounding
Verb
  • My ears strained for the telltale sound of a deer bounding away through the darkness.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Clear blue skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus, where a cool breeze is wafting by and the official mascots are bounding about the grounds in search of critters.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of bounding
Adjective
  • For families Ski vacations and mountain vacations are meant to be enjoyed with the whole family—there’s little that is more connecting than a day on the slopes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Znotins acknowledges that the airline makes prices for those non-connecting trips expensive to discourage non-connecting customers from booking them.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of connecting
Adjective
  • For example, based on the age of the beneficiary, the amount left in the IRA at the end of 10 years may be large enough to result in a large amount of taxes, based on the marginal tax rate of the beneficiary after ten years.
    — Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The new top rate would be 49% under the existing 37% top marginal rate.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of marginal
Adjective
  • When viewers focus on one gear, the other, as seen through peripheral vision, appears to spin faster — though both are moving at the same speed.
    — Margaret Hetherman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But dependency theorists took a more pessimistic view of the possibility of economic development in peripheral countries under global capitalism.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of peripheral
Adjective
  • The containers have been heavily modified, with two joined side-by-side and the third placed on top at one end.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Jones, the former Apple exec who recently re-joined Amazon, padded out the programming wish list.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of joined

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“Rimming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimming. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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