brim

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see also: Brim

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɹɪm/

Noun

brim (plural brims)

1. (obsolete) The sea; ocean; water; flood.

Noun

brim (plural brims)

1. An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water).
   • Bible, Josh. iii. 15

     The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.

2. The topmost rim or lip of a container.

   The toy box was filled to the brim with stuffed animals.

   • Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim / I would remove it with an anxious pity.

3. A projecting rim, especially of a hat.

   He turned the back of his brim up stylishly.

Translations

• Italian: bordo
• Portuguese: aba

Translations

• Italian: bordo, orlo
• Portuguese: boca
• Russian: край
• Spanish: borde

Translations

• German: Krempe
• Italian: falda, tesa
• Portuguese: aba, rebordo
• Russian: поля́
• Spanish: ala

Verb

brim (brims, present participle brimming; past and past participle brimmed)

1. (intransitive) To be full to overflowing.

   The room brimmed with people.

   • 2006 New York Times ↗

     It was a hint of life in a place that still brims with memories of death, a reminder that even five years later, the attacks are not so very distant.

2. (transitive) To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
   • Tennyson:

     Arrange the board and brim the glass.

Translations

• Italian: traboccare, essere colmo, essere pieno zeppo
• Russian: наполня́ться до краёв

Verb

brim (brims, present participle brimming; past and past participle brimmed)

1. Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.

Adjective

brim

1. (obsolete) Fierce; sharp; cold.

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Brim

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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