brim1

[brim] /brɪm/
noun
1.
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
the brim of a cup.
2.
a projecting edge:
the brim of a hat.
3.
margin.
verb (used without object), brimmed, brimming.
4.
to be full to the brim.
verb (used with object), brimmed, brimming.
5.
to fill to the brim.
Origin
1175-1225; Middle English brimme brink, rim (earlier, shore, bank); apparently akin to Middle High German brem, (German Bräme), Old Norse barmr rim, edge
Related forms
brimless, adjective
brimmingly, adverb
unbrimming, adjective
Synonyms
1. See rim.

brim2

[brim] /brɪm/
noun, plural (especially collectively) brim (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) brims.
1.
Southern U.S. bream1 (def 4).
Examples from the web for brim
  • If you fill a cup to its brim eventually a single drop will cause it to overflow.
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  • Hook and loop tabs allows sides of brim to be flipped up as the weather changes.
  • Dead leaves drift on the green, cloudy water that's nearly to the brim of the six-million-gallon open concrete reservoir.
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  • And governments can't simply fill reservoirs to the brim.
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  • One of these hats has the crown covered with brick red velvet and the brim with cloth of the same color.
  • If our local grocery wasn't stocked to the brim with factory farmed food.
  • The brim represents the days of big losses or gains.
British Dictionary definitions for brim

bream1

/briːm; Austral brɪm/
noun (pl) bream, brim
1.
any of several Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Abramis, esp A. brama, having a deep compressed body covered with silvery scales
2.
white bream, silver bream, a similar cyprinid, Blicca bjoerkna
3.
short for sea bream
4.
(Austral) any of various marine fishes
Word Origin
C14: from Old French bresme, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German brahsema; perhaps related to brehan to glitter

brim

/brɪm/
noun
1.
the upper rim of a vessel: the brim of a cup
2.
a projecting rim or edge: the brim of a hat
3.
the brink or edge of something
verb brims, brimming, brimmed
4.
to fill or be full to the brim: eyes brimming with tears
Derived Forms
brimless, adjective
Word Origin
C13: from Middle High German brem, probably from Old Norse barmr; see berm
Word Origin and History for brim
n.

c.1200, brymme "edge of the sea," of obscure origin, perhaps akin to Old Norse barmr "rim, brim," probably related to German bräme "margin, border, fringe," from PIE *bhrem- "point, spike, edge." (Old English had brim in the sense "sea, surf," but this probably was from the Germanic stem *brem- "to roar, rage.") Extended by 1520s to cups, basins, hats.

v.

"to fill to the brim," 1610s, from brim (n.). Intransitive sense ("be full to the brim") attested from 1818. Related: Brimmed; brimming.

brim in Medicine

brim (brĭm)
n.
The rim of the upper opening of the pelvis.

Slang definitions & phrases for brim

brim

noun

A hat: nice brim, Indiana Jones


Idioms and Phrases with brim

brim

see: filled to the brim