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[brim] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, brimmed, brim·ming.

–noun

1.	the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink: the brim of a cup.

2.	a projecting edge: the brim of a hat.

margin.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to be full to the brim.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to fill to the brim.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME brimme brink, rim (earlier, shore, bank); appar. akin to MHG brem, (G Bräme), ON barmr rim, edge

]

—Related forms

brimless, adjective

brim·ming·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. See rim.

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[brim] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural (especially collectively

) brim, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species

) brims.

Southern U.S. bream¹ (def. 4).

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brim (brĭm) Pronunciation Key
n.

The rim or uppermost edge of a hollow container or natural basin.
A projecting rim or edge: the brim of a hat.
A border or an edge. See Synonyms at border.
Full capacity: "No sooner had the fighting started than the hotel filled to the brim with a most extraordinary collection of people" (George Orwell).

v. brimmed, brim·ming, brims

v. intr.

To be full to the brim, often to overflowing: The cup is brimming with chowder.
To be abundantly filled or supplied: a monument brimming with tourists; workers brimming with pride.

v. tr.
To fill to the brim.

[Middle English brimme.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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c.1205, brymme "edge of the sea," of obscure origin, perhaps akin to O.N. barmr "rim" (probably related to Ger. bräme "margin, border, fringe"). O.E. brim meant "sea, surf," and probably was from the Gmc. stem brem- "to roar, rage." Extended by 1525 to cups, basins, hats. Brimming "being full to the brim" is from 1667.

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brim
noun
1.	the top edge of a vessel or other container
2.	a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat
verb
1.	be completely full; "His eyes brimmed with tears"
2.	fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship"

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

brim

see filled to the brim.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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brim (brĭm)
n.
The rim of the upper opening of the pelvis.

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Brim

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.

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Brim

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.

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Brim

Brim\, v. t. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.

Arrange the board and brim the glass. --Tennyson.

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Brim

Brim\, a. Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [Obs.]

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