brim

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Old English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /brɪm/
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  Rhymes: -ɪm

[edit] Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Probably cognate with berm, Dutch berm, French berme, German Brame, Bräme, Old Norse barmr (“‘rim’”). Compare Old English brim, brymme.

[edit] Noun

brim (plural brims)

1. an edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water)
2. the topmost rim or lip of a container

   The toy box was filled to the brim with stuffed animals.

3. a projecting rim, especially of a hat

   He turned the back of his brim up stylishly.

[edit] Derived terms

• to the brim

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to brim (third-person singular simple present brims, present participle brimming, simple past and past participle brimmed)

1. 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.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Either from breme, or directly from Old English bremman (“‘to roar, rage’”) (though not attested in Middle English).

[edit] Verb

to brim (third-person singular simple present brims, present participle brimming, simple past and past participle brimmed)

1. Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of bimr
• IBMR
• IRBM

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /brim/

[edit] Noun

brim n.

1. (poetic) the edge of the sea or a body of water
2. (poetic) surf; the surface of the sea
3. (poetic) sea, ocean, water

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	brim	brimu
accusative	brim	brimu
genitive	brimes	brima
dative	brime	brimum

[edit] Derived terms

• brimlīþend