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Brim

Brim Meaning & Definition
Brim Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Brim?

[n] a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat
[n] the top edge of a vessel
[v] fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship"
[v] be completely full; "His eyes brimmed with tears"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Brim: lip | rim

Related Terms | Find terms related to Brim: bank | board | border | bordure | brink | brow | coast | edge | featheredge | flange | frame | fringe | hem | labellum | labium | labrum | ledge | limb | limbus | lip | list | marge | margin | overflow | ragged edge | rim | selvage | shore | side | sideline | skirt | verge

See Also | bill | chapeau | edge | eyeshade | feature | fill | fill up | hat | have | lid | make full | peak | projection | vessel | visor | vizor

Brim In Webster's Dictionary

\Brim\, n. [OE. brim, brimme, AS. brymme edge, border; akin to Icel. barmr, Sw. br["a]m, Dan. br[ae]mme, G. brame, br["a]me. Possibly the same word as AS. brim surge, sea, and properly meaning, the line of surf at the border of the sea, and akin to L. fremere to roar, murmur. Cf. {Breeze} a fly.] 1. The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything. Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim I would remove it with an anxious pity. --Coleridge. 2. The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border. The feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water. --Josh. iii. 15. 3. The rim of a hat. --Wordsworth.
\Brim\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brimming}.] To be full to the brim. ``The brimming stream.'' --Milton. {To brim over} (literally or figuratively), to be so full that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.
\Brim\, v. t. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. Arrange the board and brim the glass. --Tennyson.
\Brim\, a. Fierce; sharp; cold. See {Breme}. [Obs.]

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