brimming as an adjective: - 1
brim as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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brimming
adjective
1 brimming
Filled to capacity:
— A child brimming over with curiosity.
— Eyes brimming with tears.
synonyms: brimful, brimfull.
Roget 52:
complete,
entire;
whole
etc.
50;
perfect
etc.
650;
full,
good,
absolute,
thorough,
plenary;
solid,
undivided;
with all its parts;
all-sided.
exhaustive,
radical,
sweeping,
thorough-going;
dead.
regular,
consummate,
unmitigated,
sheer,
unqualified,
unconditional,
free;
abundant
etc.
(sufficient)
639.
brimming;
brimful,
topful,
topfull;
chock full,
choke full;
as full as an egg is of meat,
as full as a vetch;
saturated,
crammed;
replete
etc.
(redundant)
641;
fraught,
laden;
full-laden,
full-fraught,
full-charged;
heavy laden.
completing
etc.
v.;
supplemental,
supplementary;
ascititious†.
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Moby thesaurus: SRO, awash, brimful, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock-full, chuck-full, congested, cram-full, crammed, crowded, farci, filled, flush, full, full to bursting, jam-packed, jammed, loaded, overfull, overstuffed, packed, packed like sardines, plenary, ready to burst, replete, round, satiated, saturated, soaked, standing room only, stuffed, surfeited, swelling, swollen, teeming, topful ... show more.
brim
noun
1 brim
The top edge of a vessel or other container.
synonyms: lip, rim.
Roget 231:
edge,
verge,
brink,
brow,
brim,
margin,
border,
confine,
skirt,
rim,
flange,
side,
mouth;
jaws,
chops,
chaps,
fauces;
lip,
muzzle.
threshold,
door,
porch;
portal
etc.
(opening)
260;
coast,
shore.
frame,
fringe,
flounce,
frill,
list,
trimming,
edging,
skirting,
hem,
selvedge,
welt,
furbelow,
valance,
gimp.
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Dutch: boord, rand
2 brim
A circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat.
Dutch: rand, boord, omboordsel
verb
1 brim
2 brim
Fill as much as possible.
Moby thesaurus: bank, board, border, bordure, brink, brow, coast, edge, featheredge, flange, frame, fringe, hem, labellum, labium, labrum, ledge, limb, limbus, lip, list, marge, margin, overflow, ragged edge, rim, selvage, shore, side, sideline, skirt, verge ... show more.
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