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

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