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Definition brim

Etymology 1

From Middle English brim, from Old English brim (“surf, flood, wave, sea, ocean, water, sea-edge, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *brim? (“turbulence, surge; surf, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *breman? (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?rem-, *b?erem-, *b?rem(e)-, *breme- (“to hum, make a noise”). Cognate with Icelandic brim (“sea, surf”), Old English brymm, brym (“sea, waves”), Old English bremman (“to rage, roar”), Dutch brommen (“to hum, buzz”), German brummen (“to hum, drone”), Latin frem? (“roar, growl”, verb), Ancient Greek ????? (brém?, “roar, roar like the ocean”, verb).

Noun

brim (plural brims)

  1. (obsolete) The sea; ocean; water; flood.

Etymology 2

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.

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.
  3. A projecting rim, especially of a hat.
Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To be full to overflowing.
  2. (transitive) To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.

Etymology 3

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

Verb

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.

Etymology 4

See breme.

Adjective

brim (comparative more brim, superlative most brim)

  1. (obsolete) Fierce; sharp; cold.

Results 385 Words with the letters BRIM

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AMBARI 12
BARIUM 13
BARMIE 12
BEGRIM 14
BEMIRE 12
BERIME 12
BIFORM 15
BIREME 12
BROMIC 15
BROMID 13
BROMIN 13
ERBIUM 13
GAMBIR 14
IMBARK 16
IMBRUE 13
LIMBER 13
MBIRAS 12
MIDRIB 13
MIHRAB 14
MIMBAR 15
MORBID 13
RHOMBI 14
TIMBER 12
TIMBRE 12
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BRIMS 11
MBIRA 11
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BRIM 10
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MIB 9
MIR 6
RIB 6
RIM 6
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BI 5
MI 5

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