brim

Speech parts

1. brim - Noun

2. brim - Adjective

3. brim - Verb

4. Brim - Proper noun

Meaning

The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.

The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.

The rim of a hat.

To be full to the brim.

To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.

Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rim lip teem marge rand coast end side top flow cornfield selvage limit border ring

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Antonyms

kern center infinity keystone centrum mecca

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Hypernyms

have feature edge fill projection fill up

Hyponyms

bill peak collar visor eyeshade vizor

Phrases with the word

to the brim filled to the brim pelvic brim full to the brim fill to the brim with woman's hat with a wide brim

Derivatives

brimmed brimming

Anagrams

IBMR IRBM

Examples

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours. Charles Caleb Colton

A primrose by a river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more. William Wordsworth

I had a hat. It was not all a hat,- Part of the brim was gone: Yet still I wore it on. Felicia Hemans

Knowing of the hat and the brim. Dutch Proverb

It is a pot of water that is already half full that the world would like to help in filling to the brim. Nigerian Proverb

It is easier to carry an empty cup than one that is filled to the brim. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Brillouin function Brillouin zone brills brim over Brimball Storehouse Cove brimborion