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Brim

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Noun

1. brim, lip, rim

the top edge of a vessel or other container

2. brim

a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat

Verb

3. brim

be completely full

Example Sentences:
'His eyes brimmed with tears'

4. brim

fill as much as possible

Example Sentences:
'brim a cup to good fellowship'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brim

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noun
1. 
the upper rim of a vessel
the brim of a cup
2. 
a projecting rim or edge
the brim of a hat
3. 
the brink or edge of something
verbWord forms: brims, brimming or brimmed
4. 
to fill or be full to the brim
eyes brimming with tears

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Brim

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noun
1. 
the topmost edge of a cup, glass, bowl, etc.
2.  Archaic
a. 
a rim or edge around a body of water
b. 
the water at such an edge
3. 
a projecting rim or edge of anything
the brim of a hat
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: brimmed or ˈbrimming
4. 
to fill or be full to the brim

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Brim

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n.
1. The uppermost edge of a hollow container or natural basin.
2. A projecting rim or edge, especially around the bottom of a hat.
3. 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.
1. To be full to the brim, often to overflowing: The cup is brimming with chowder.
2. To be abundantly filled or supplied: a monument brimming with tourists; workers brimming with pride.
v.tr.
To fill to the brim.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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