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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)
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)
- An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water).
- The topmost rim or lip of a container.
- A projecting rim, especially of a hat.
Verb
brim (third-person singular simple present brims, present participle brimming, simple past and past participle brimmed)
- (intransitive) To be full to overflowing.
- (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)
Etymology 4
See breme.
Adjective
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