Brim definition
The brim of a hat.
The cup is brimming with chowder.
An example of a brim is the top edge of a bowl.
An example of a brim is the part of a hat that shields your eyes.
A monument brimming with tourists; workers brimming with pride.
Eyes brimming with tears.
Other Word Forms
Noun
Origin of brim
- Middle English brimme
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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
- See breme.
From Wiktionary