rim
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
Types & categories
- round shape hypernym
- bound hypernym
Related & opposite
- rim derivation
Sense 2 verb
run around the rim of
Sugar rimmed the dessert plate
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
(basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
the ball hit the rim and bounced off
Types & categories
- hoop hypernym
Related & opposite
- basketball domain topic
Sense 4 verb
furnish with a rim
rim a hat
Types & categories
- supply hypernym
Related & opposite
- rim derivation
Sense 5 noun
the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- wheel part holonym
Sense 6 verb
roll around the rim of
the ball rimmed the basket
Types & categories
- roll hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
Types & categories
- projection hypernym
Sense 8 noun
the top edge of a vessel or other container
Types & categories
- edge hypernym
- shoe collar hyponym
Parts & wholes
- vessel part holonym
Related & opposite
- brim derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rim |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | round shape |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bound |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | line |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | beard |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | basketball |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hoop |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rim |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | supply |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | wheel |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | hoop |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | felloe |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | roll |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | projection |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | brim |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | vessel |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | edge |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoe collar |