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rimmed

American  
[rimd] / rɪmd /

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.

Etymology

Origin of rimmed

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

Example Sentences

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Except for one picked cuticle on a fingernail, which was ever so slightly rimmed with blood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Prosper, who wore a grey T-shirt, attended his hearing wearing black rimmed glasses.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

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

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024

They didn’t panic as Denver pushed and as the Lakers’ shots rimmed in and out.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2024

Leon would pick Bailey: one of the weak kids, high honor student, but shy, introverted, always reading, his eyes red- rimmed behind the glasses.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

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