English

Verb

nim ‎(third-person singular simple present nims, present participle nimming, simple past nimmed or nam, past participle nimmed or nomen or num or numb)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To take (in all senses); to seize.
   • 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:

     dorrẹ̄, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To take one's way; to go.
3. (archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal.
   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1

     They'll question Mars, and, by his look, \ Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;

4. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

Derived terms

• benim
• fornim
• forthnim
• outnim
• undernim

Related terms

• nimble
• numb

Noun

nim ‎(uncountable)

1. A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

Derived terms

• nimber

Anagrams

• min, min., NMI

Gothic

Romanization

nim

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌼

Lojban

Rafsi

nim

1. rafsi of ninmu.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲim]

Pronoun

nim ‎(only after a preposition)

1. instrumental of wón
2. instrumental of wóno
3. dative of wóni

Related terms

• (dative of wóni): jim

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲĩm]

Pronoun

nim

1. Instrumental singular form of on
2. Locative singular form of on
3. Instrumental singular form of ono
4. Locative singular form of ono

Conjunction

nim

1. before

Synonyms

• zanim

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnĩ/
• Hyphenation: nim

Etymology 1

From Hindi नीम ‎(nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब ‎(nimba).

Noun

nim m (plural nins)

1. neem (Azadirachta indica, an evergreen tree of India)

Etymology 2

Blend of não ‎(“no”) +‎ sim ‎(“yes”). Compare German Jein.

Adverb

nim (not comparable)

1. (humorous, neologism) yes and no

Noun

nim m (plural nins)

1. (humorous, neologism) yes and no

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from English animal (which ultimalely derives from Latin animal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nim]

Noun

nim ‎(plural nims)

1. animal (Animalia)

Declension

Hyponyms

• hinim
• jinim
• nimil
• nimül

Derived terms

See also

• bakter
• böd
• dinosaur
• fit
• fösil
• lif
• mafib
• räptul
• ruböd
• rulif
• süganim