brim /ˈbrɪm/
邊,邊緣,(河)邊(vt.)注滿,使滿溢(vi.)滿溢
Brim n.
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.
Brim, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brimmed p. pr. & vb. n. Brimming.] To be full to the brim. “The brimming stream.”
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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Breme a.
1. Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel. [Obs.]
From the septentrion cold, in the breme freezing air. --Drayton.
2. Famous; renowned; well known.
[Written also brim and brimme.]
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brim
n 1: the top edge of a vessel [syn: rim, lip]
2: a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of
a hat
v 1: be completely full; "His eyes brimmed with tears"
2: fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship"
[also: brimming, brimmed]