Thesaurus: brim

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1. n. The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.
2. n. The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.
3. n. The rim of a hat.
4. v. i. To be full to the brim.
5. v. t. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
6. a. Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.
7. n. the top edge of a vessel or other container
8. n. a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat
9. v. be completely full
10. v. fill as much as possible
11. To be full to the brim. "The brimming stream." Milton. To brimover (literally or figuratively), to be so full that some of thecontents flows over the brim; as, cup brimming over with wine; a manbrimming over with fun.