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brilliant pebble |
brilliantine |
brilliantly |
brilliantness |
brills |
brim
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| brimful
| brimfull
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| brimmed
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun brim has 2 senses
- brim(n = noun.artifact) lip, rim - the top edge of a vessel or other container; Array has particulars: collar, shoe collar
- brim(n = noun.artifact) Array - a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat; Array has particulars: bill, eyeshade, peak, visor, vizor, snap brim
is a kind of edge
is a part of vessel
Derived form verb brim2
is a part of chapeau, hat, lid
is a kind of projection
Verb brim has 2 senses
- brim(v = verb.stative) Array - be completely full; "His eyes brimmed with tears" is one way to feature, have
- brim(v = verb.change) Array - fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship" is one way to fill, fill up, make full
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
Derived form noun brim1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
brim, n. [OE. brim, brimme, AS. brymme edge, border; akin to Icel. barmr, Sw. bräm, Dan. bræmme, G. brame, bräme. 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.].
- The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything. [1913 Webster]"Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim
I would remove it with an anxious pity." [1913 Webster] - The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border. [1913 Webster]"The feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water." [1913 Webster]
- The rim of a hat. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
brim, v. i.
To be full to the brim. Milton. [1913 Webster]
brim, v. t.
To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. [1913 Webster]
"Arrange the board and brim the glass."
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brim, a.
Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
brim, n. & v.
--n.
1 the edge or lip of a cup or other vessel, or of a hollow.
2 the projecting edge of a hat.
--v.tr. & intr. (brimmed, brimming) fill or be full to the brim.
--n.
1 the edge or lip of a cup or other vessel, or of a hollow.
2 the projecting edge of a hat.
--v.tr. & intr. (brimmed, brimming) fill or be full to the brim.
Idiom
brim over overflow.
Derivative
brimless adj. brimmed adj. (usu. in comb.).
Etymology
ME brimme, of unkn. orig.
THESAURUS
brim
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, vergeROGET THESAURUS
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Edge
N edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth, jaws, chops, chaps, fauces, lip, muzzle, threshold, door, porch, portal, coast, shore, frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp, border, marginal, skirting, labial, labiated, marginated.
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