Brim
[brɪm]
Definition
(noun.) a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat.
(noun.) the top edge of a vessel or other container.
(verb.) fill as much as possible; 'brim a cup to good fellowship'.
(verb.) be completely full; 'His eyes brimmed with tears'.
Inputed by Jane--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.
(n.) The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.
(n.) The rim of a hat.
(v. i.) To be full to the brim.
(v. t.) To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
(a.) Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.
Inputed by Josiah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Edge, border, rim, verge, margin, skirt.
Typist: Marvin
Definition
n. the margin or brink of a river or lake: the upper edge of a vessel: the rim of a hat.—v.t. to fill to the brim.—v.i. to be full to the brim:—pr.p. brim′ming; pa.p. brimmed.—adj. Brim′ful full to the brim.—n. Brim′fulness (Shak.) fullness to the top.—adjs. Brim′less without a brim; Brimmed brimful: having a brim—used in composition.—n. Brim′mer a bowl full to the brim or top.—adj. Brim′ming.
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Examples
- And as to the brim of his hat, it's narrow. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There was about four inches of soap in the bottom of the tub, fourteen inches high; and he filled it with soap bubbles up to the brim. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She shut her book and slowly looked up; her hat-brim partially shaded her face, yet I could see, as she raised it, that it was a strange one. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The strain was new to me, and yet it was so old that it filled my heart brim-full; like a friend come back from a long absence. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was pierced in the brim for a hat-securer, but the elastic was missing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- His hair, which was short, sleek, and black, was just visible beneath the capacious brim of a low-crowned brown hat. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I don't know about that,' replied Roker, weighing the hat by the brim in both hands. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His tutor placed him in a chair; his lips were quivering, his eyes brimming. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He met Gerty Farish's brimming gaze. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He observed that her eyes were brimming with tears. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Their waste-paper baskets 'd be fairly brimming, and papers falling over on the floor. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Brimming delight now invested me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The wine and water was hollands and water, as Mr. Sykes discovered when he had compounded and swallowed a brimming tumbler thereof. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Brimming with the subtilized misery that he was capable of feeling, he followed the opposite way towards the inn. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She had on a red cloak and a black bonnet: or rather, a broad- brimmed gipsy hat, tied down with a striped handkerchief under her chin. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He wore a flapping broad-brimmed traveller's hat, and under it a handkerchief tied over his head in the manner of a cap: so that he showed no hair. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was the figure of an old man with a bowed head, wearing a large brimmed low-crowned hat, and a long-skirted coat. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His hair, too, as he swept off his very curly-brimmed hat, was grizzled round the edges and thin upon the top. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- On his head, he wore a broad-brimmed sugar-loaf hat, garnished with a single feather. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Simeon Halliday, a tall, straight, muscular man, in drab coat and pantaloons, and broad-brimmed hat, now entered. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Well, she had a slate-coloured, broad-brimmed straw hat, with a feather of a brickish red. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- These flat brims curled at the edge came in then. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Adela