brim : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brim	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for brim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brim n the top edge of a vessel or other container [syn: brim, rim, lip] a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat v be completely full; "His eyes brimmed with tears" fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breme \Breme\ (br[emac]m), a. [OE. breme, brime, fierce, impetuous, glorious, AS. br[c7]me, br[ymac]me, famous. Cf. {Brim}, a.] 1. Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel. [Obs.] --Spenser. From the septentrion cold, in the breme freezing air. --Drayton. 2. Famous; renowned; well known. --Wright. [Written also {brim} and {brimme}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brim \Brim\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brimming}.] To be full to the brim. [bd]The brimming stream.[b8] --Milton. {To brim over} (literally or figuratively), 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brim \Brim\, n. [OE. brim, brimme, AS. brymme edge, border; akin to Icel. barmr, Sw. br[84]m, Dan. br[91]mme, G. brame, br[84]me. Possibly the same word as AS. brim surge, sea, and properly meaning, the line of surf at the border of the sea, and akin to L. fremere to roar, murmur. Cf. {Breeze} a fly.] 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. --Coleridge. 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. --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brim \Brim\, v. t. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. Arrange the board and brim the glass. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brim \Brim\, a. Fierce; sharp; cold. See {Breme}. [Obs.]