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annular | rim |

As an adjective annular

is pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers; in the shape of an annulus.

As a proper noun rim is

rome (city).

annular

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers; in the shape of an annulus.
  • *
    • The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings
  • Banded or marked with circles.

    • Derived terms

    * annular eclipse * penannular * semiannular

    See also

    * annual

    References

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    rim

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rim, rym, rime, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An edge around something, especially when circular.
  • wheelrim
    • See also
    * (wheel rim) mag wheel, alloy wheel

    Verb

    (transitive)
  • To form a rim on.
  • To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit
    • Palm trees rim the beach.
    A walking path rims the island.
  • (label) To roll around a rim.
    • The golf ball rimmed the cup.
    The basketball rimmed in and out.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rim, rym, ryme, reme, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A membrane.
  • The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1599, author=Shakespeare, title=King Henry V, chapter=Act IV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand
    • , passage=Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.}}

    Etymology 3

    From a variation of ream.

    Verb

    (rimm)
  • (label) to lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.
  • * 2008 , Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me) , page 216
    • When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.

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