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brim noun [ brɪm ]

• the projecting edge at the bottom of a hat.
• "a soft hat with a turned-up brim"
Similar: peak, visor, bill, projection, shield, shade,
• the upper edge or lip of a cup, bowl, or other container.
• "he filled her glass to the brim"
Similar: rim, lip, brink, edge, margin,

brim verb

• be full to the point of overflowing.
• "my eyes brimmed with tears"
Similar: be full, be filled up, be filled to the top, be full to capacity, be packed with, overflow, run/well over,
Origin: Middle English (denoting the edge of the sea or other body of water): perhaps related to German Bräme ‘trimming’.


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