Brim Definition

brĭm
brimmed, brimming, brims
noun
brims
The topmost edge of a cup, glass, bowl, etc.
Webster's New World
A rim or edge around a body of water.
Webster's New World
The water at such an edge.
Webster's New World
Full capacity.
American Heritage
A projecting rim or edge of anything.
The brim of a hat.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb
brimmed, brimming, brims
To be completely full, often with a resulting overflow.
Eyes brimming with tears.
Webster's New World
To be abundantly filled or supplied.
A monument brimming with tourists; workers brimming with pride.
American Heritage
To fill to the brim.
American Heritage

Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.

Wiktionary
adjective

(obsolete) Fierce; sharp; cold.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Brim

Noun

Singular:
brim
Plural:
brims

Origin of Brim

  • From Middle English, from Old English brim, brym, brymm (“surf, flood, wave, sea, ocean, water, sea-edge, shore”), from Old English *brimman, bremman (“to rage, roar”), from Proto-Germanic *bremmaną, *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerem-, *bʰrem(e)-, *breme- (“to hum, make a noise”). Cognate with Icelandic brim (“sea, surf”), Dutch brommen (“to hum, buzz”), German brummen (“to hum, drone”), Latin fremō (“roar, growl”, verb), Ancient Greek βρέμω (brémou, “roar, roar like the ocean”, verb).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English brim, brem, brimme (“margin, edge of a river, lake, or sea”), probably from Middle English brim (“sea, ocean, surf, shore”). See above. Cognate with Dutch berm (“bank, riverbank”), Bavarian Bräm (“border, stripe”), German Bräme, Brame (“border, edge”), Danish bræmme (“border, edge, brim”), Swedish bräm (“border, edge”), Icelandic barmur (“edge, verge, brink”). Related to berm.

    From Wiktionary

  • Either from breme, or directly from Old English bremman (“to roar, rage”) (though not attested in Middle English).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English brimme

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See breme.

    From Wiktionary

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