BRIMMING

brimful, brimfull, brimming

(adjective) filled to capacity; “a brimful cup”; “I am brimful of chowder”; “a child brimming over with curiosity”; “eyes brimming with tears”

BRIM

brim

(verb) fill as much as possible; “brim a cup to good fellowship”

brim

(verb) be completely full; “His eyes brimmed with tears”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

brimming

present participle of brim

Adjective

brimming (not comparable)

Full to the brim.

a brimming cup of coffee

Source: Wiktionary


Brim"ming, a.

Definition: Full to the brim; overflowing.

BRIM

Brim, n. Etym: [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.]

1. The rim, border, or upper sdge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything. Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim I would remove it with an anxious pity. Coleridge.

2. The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border. The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water. Josh. iii. 15.

3. The rim of a hat. Wordsworth.

Brim, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brimming.]

Definition: To be full to the brim. "The brimming stream." Milton. To brim over (literally or figuratively), to be so full that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, cup brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.

Brim, v. t.

Definition: To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. Arrange the board and brim the glass. Tennyson.

Brim, a.

Definition: Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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