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Rim vs Plural - What's the difference?

rim | plural |

As nouns the difference between rim and plural

is that rim is an edge around something, especially when circular while plural is : a word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.

As a verb rim

is to form a rim on.

As an adjective plural is

consisting of or containing more than one of something.

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.

    Anagrams

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    plural

    English

    (wikipedia plural)

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

    (more)
  • Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Plural faith, which is too much by one.
  • (comparable) Pluralistic.
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    • Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar): a word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.

    • Usage notes

    * Many languages have singular and plural forms for one item or more than one item. Some have a singular form for one, dual form for two, trial form for three, paucal form for several, and plural for more than two (e.g., Arabic, Fijian). * While the plural form generally refers to two or more persons or things, that is not always the case. The plural form is often used for zero persons or things, for fractional things in a quantity greater than one, and for people or things when the quantity is unknown. * In English, the plural is most often formed simply by adding the letter "s" to the end of a noun, e.g. apple/apples. There are many exceptions, however, such as echo/echoes, mouse/mice, child/children, deer/deer (same word), etc.

    Antonyms

    * singular

    See also

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