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brim
/bɹɪm/
noun 9verb 5name 2adj 1
Collocations
3(noun.) top edge of a cup, bowl, etc.
PHRASES
be filled/full to the brim, fill sth to the brim
The coffee cup was so full to the brim that I couldn't carry it without spilling.
(noun.) flat edge around the bottom of a hat
ADJ
broad, deep, wide
She wore a hat with a broad brim to protect her face from the sun.
PREP
beneath/under a/the ~
He peered out from under the brim of his baseball cap at the bright sun.
Definitions
noun
1
Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
Yet ſtill that direful ſtroke kept on his vvay, / And falling heauie on Cambellos creſt, / Strooke him ſo hugely, that in ſvvovvne he lay, / And in his head an hideous vvound impreſt: / And ſure had it not happily found reſt / Vpon the brim of his brode plated ſhield, / It vvould haue cleft his braine dovvne to his breſt.
As the bright ſunne, vvhat time his fierie teme / Tovvards the vveſterne brim begins to dravv, / Gins to abate the brightneſſe of his beme, / And feruour of his flames ſomevvhat adavv: […]
2
Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
The toy box was filled to the brim with stuffed animals.
Better spare at brim than at bottom, say I.
3
Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
4
Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
He turned the back of his brim up stylishly.
And therefore vvould he put his bonnet on, / Vnder vvhoſe brim the gaudie ſunne vvould peepe, […]
5
Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
And as they that bare the Arke were come vnto Jordan, and the feet of the prieſt that bare the Arke, were dipped in the brimme of the water, (for Jordan ouerfloweth all his banks at the time of harueſt) That the waters which came downe from aboue, ſtood and roſe vp vpon an heape very farre, […]
The steed along the drawbridge flies, / Just as it trembled on the rise; / Not lighter does the swallow skim / Along the smooth lake's level brim.
verb
1
To fill (a container) to the brim (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1), top, or upper edge.
Arrange the board and brim the glass.
Thereafter when their cups were brimmed anew with foaming wine the Red Foliot spake among them and said, “O ye lords of Witchland, will you that I speak a dirge in honour of Gorice the King that the dark reaper hath this day gathered?”
2
To fill (something) fully.
3
To be full until almost overflowing.
The room brimmed with people.
The beams that thro' the Oriel shine / Make prisms in every carven glass, / And beaker brimm'd with noble wine.
noun
1
The sea; ocean; water; flood.
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Example Bank
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Yet ſtill that direful ſtroke kept on his vvay, / And falling heauie on Cambellos creſt, / Strooke him ſo hugely, that in ſvvovvne he lay, / And in his head an hideous vvound impreſt: / And ſure had i
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As the bright ſunne, vvhat time his fierie teme / Tovvards the vveſterne brim begins to dravv, / Gins to abate the brightneſſe of his beme, / And feruour of his flames ſomevvhat adavv: […]
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And all the vvhile, that ſame diſcourteous Knight, / Stood on the further bancke beholding him, / At vvhoſe calamity, for more deſpight / He laught, and mockt to ſee him like to ſvvim. / But vvhen as
Wiktionary04
Arrange the board and brim the glass.
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Thereafter when their cups were brimmed anew with foaming wine the Red Foliot spake among them and said, “O ye lords of Witchland, will you that I speak a dirge in honour of Gorice the King that the d
Wiktionary06
The room brimmed with people.
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