rimmed

[ rimd ]

adjective

1. having a rim:

   Do you wear rimmed or rimless glasses?

2. having a rim of a specified kind (often used in combination):

   Your red-rimmed eyes show that you have been crying.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rimmed¹

First recorded in 1720–30; rim + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Kristie Klose, Los Padres’ fisheries biologist, hiked along a stream in Rattlesnake Canyon on the outskirts of Santa Barbara, stopping at a 2-foot-deep pool rimmed with boulders and mud.

From Los Angeles Times

An oval abrasion on a French bulldog’s ear was rimmed by crusty discharge.

From Los Angeles Times

Impossibly deep caves in somber velvets and blues are rimmed with massive coffin ships of unknown origin.

From New York Times

Inky wings of eyeliner rimmed her eyes.

From New York Times

It’s been an evolution of nearly a decade, say Zamora and Rojas, but today, their backyard boasts a deck rimmed with pots of colorful succulents and wide water-permeable paths of flagstone and river pebbles, lined with fragrant plantings of California native trees and flowering shrubs.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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