brim
1the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink: the brim of a cup.
a projecting edge: the brim of a hat.
to be full to the brim.
to fill to the brim.
Origin of brim
1synonym study For brim
Other words from brim
- brimless, adjective
- brim·ming·ly, adverb
- un·brim·ming, adjective
Other definitions for brim (2 of 2)
Southern U.S. bream1 (def. 4).
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How to use brim in a sentence
Tool around Capitol Hill, which brims gay bars, restaurants, and clubs.
Bonnets to wide brims, pillboxes to cloches, a lady always wore a hat.
A Breast Cancer Alphabet: F Is For Fashion Accessories | Madhulika Sikka | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGould tells her stories with a raw, honest voice and the book brims with sharp insights into the temper of her generation.
Blanchett achieves this through a level of nuanced physical and aural orchestration that brims over with virtuoso counterpoint.
They think of putting their feet out like statesmen, and tilting shiny hats with becoming brims down over their successful noses.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George Wells
We made for West Cowes, where the sea brims up to the streets and the spray sometimes sprinkles the shop windows.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungThe male milkers, with hat-brims turned down, resting flat on their foreheads and gazing on the ground, did not observe her.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardyThe crowns and brims having been in all possible styles from the earliest period.
A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting | John ThomsonThe brims being now on, the tip of the hat is wetted inside, and the block put in.
A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting | John Thomson
British Dictionary definitions for brim
/ (brɪm) /
the upper rim of a vessel: the brim of a cup
a projecting rim or edge: the brim of a hat
the brink or edge of something
to fill or be full to the brim: eyes brimming with tears
Origin of brim
1Derived forms of brim
- brimless, adjective
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Other Idioms and Phrases with brim
see filled to the brim.
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