brim Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the top edge of a vessel or other container
    rim; lip.
  2. noun a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat
  3. verb be completely full
    • His eyes brimmed with tears
  4. verb fill as much as possible
    • brim a cup to good fellowship

WordNet

Brim noun
Etymology
OE. brim, brimme, AS. brymme edge, border; akin to Icel. barmr, Sw. bräm, Dan. bræmme, G. brame, bräme. Possibly the same word as AS. brim surge, sea, and properly meaning, the line of surf at the border of the sea, and akin to L. fremere to roar, murmur. Cf. Breeze a fly.
Definitions
  1. The rim, border, or upper sdge 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 priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water. Josh. iii. 15.
  3. The rim of a hat. Wordsworth.
Brim intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Brimmed present participle & verbal noun Brimming
Definitions
  1. To be full to the brim. "The brimming stream." Milton.
Brim transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
    Arrange the board and brim the glass. Tennyson.
Brim adjective
Definitions
  1. Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. Obs.

Webster 1913