Brim

Brim

n.
  1. The rim, border, or upper edge 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.
  2. The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.
    The feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.
    — Josh. iii. 15.
  3. The rim of a hat.

Brim

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Brimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brimming

  1. To be full to the brim.

Phrases & Compounds
To brim over
to be so full that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.

Brim

v. t.
  1. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
    Arrange the board and brim the glass.

Brim

a.
  1. Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [Obs.]