brim
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English, from Old English brim, brym, brymm (“surf, flood, wave, sea, ocean, water, sea-edge, shore”), from Old English *brimman, bremman (“to rage, roar”), from Proto-Germanic *bremmanan, *bremanan (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerem-, *bʰrem(e)-, *breme- (“to hum, make a noise”). Cognate with Icelandic brim (“sea, surf”), Dutch brommen (“to hum, buzz”), German brummen (“to hum, drone”), Latin fremō (“roar, growl”, v), Ancient Greek βρέμω (brémou, “roar, roar like the ocean”, v).
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brim (plural brims)
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From Middle English brim, brem, brimme (“margin, edge of a river, lake, or sea”), probably from Middle English brim (“sea, ocean, surf, shore”). See above. Cognate with Dutch berm (“bank, riverbank”), Bavarian Bräm (“border, stripe”), German Bräme, Brame (“border, edge”), Danish bræmme (“border, edge, brim”), Swedish bräm (“border, edge”), Icelandic barmur (“edge, verge, brink”). Related to berm.
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brim (plural brims)
- an edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water)
- the topmost rim or lip of a container
- The toy box was filled to the brim with stuffed animals.
- a projecting rim, especially of a hat
- He turned the back of his brim up stylishly.
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brim (third-person singular simple present brims, present participle brimming, simple past and past participle brimmed)
- to be full to overflowing
- The room brimmed with people.
- 2006 New York Times
- It was a hint of life in a place that still brims with memories of death, a reminder that even five years later, the attacks are not so very distant.
- 2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, BBC Sport:
- Djokovic, brimming with energy and confidence, needed little encouragement and came haring in to chase down a drop shot in the next game, angling away the backhand to break before turning to his supporters to celebrate.
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[edit] Etymology 3
Either from breme, or directly from Old English bremman (“to roar, rage”) (though not attested in Middle English).
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brim (third-person singular simple present brims, present participle brimming, simple past and past participle brimmed)
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- IPA: /brim/
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brim n.
- (poetic) the edge of the sea or a body of water
- (poetic) surf; the surface of the sea
- (poetic) sea, ocean, water
