rimmed

verb

Definition of rimmednext
past tense of rim
as in bordered
to serve as a border for long lashes rimmed his eyes

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Recent Examples of rimmed Place rimmed baking sheet on rack and heat to 325 degrees. — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026 Divide among 6 cocktail glasses rimmed with salt and filled with ice. — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026 Scheffler’s 11-foot putt for birdie rimmed in and out on 17, his best chance to win. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026 Her clean look at a potential game-tying bomb with roughly six seconds left rimmed out. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 9 May 2026 His potential tying 3-pointer rimmed out, but Texas wasn’t done. — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 It will be covered with a secondary cylinder that will trap air and push out any approaching water, and the capsule itself is rimmed with a soft metal that compresses under pressure. — Holly Ramer, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 The Soldiers worked the ball around the perimeter and Timber Creek’s Laila Allen fired a 3-pointer that rimmed off long and into the hands of Horizon’s Zoe Corjay on the other side of the court. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026 Nuggets wing Torrey Craig made the same exact mistake as Fox with a few seconds left in Game 7 of a 2020 playoff series, but Mike Conley’s buzzer beater at the other end rimmed out, sparing Craig. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rimmed
  1. bordered
  2. bounded
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  • The evacuation area was bordered to the north by Disappointment Road, to the south by the Glade Ranch community, to the west by the fire and to the east by Road 30, according to the office.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 30 June 2026
  • His father was born on the reservation, land bordered by the Rio Grande and today, a 30-foot steel wall.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Definition of bordered
Verb
  • It is bounded by Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • Though his tail was wagging, the dog immediately bounded down the hallway toward an officer, who fired his service pistol four times, killing the dog.
    — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of bounded

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