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Rimy
see synonyms of rimyAdjective
covered with frost
Example Sentences:'a frosty glass''hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Rimy
see synonyms of rimyadjectiveWord forms: rimier or rimiest
coated with rime
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Rimy
see synonyms of rimy adjectiveWord forms: ˈrimier or ˈrimiest
covered with rime; frosty
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Rimy
see synonyms of rimyn.
1. A white incrustation of ice formed when supercooled water droplets freeze almost instantly on contact with a solid surface.
2. A coating, as of mud or slime, likened to a frosty film: "A meal couldn't leave us feeling really full unless it laid down a rime of fat globules in our mouths and stomachs" (James Fallows).
tr.v. rimed, rim·ing, rimes
To cover with or as if with frost or ice: "heavy [shoes] rimed with mud and cement ... from the building site" (Seamus Deane).
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