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Brim   /brɪm/   Listen
Brim

noun
1.
The top edge of a vessel or other container.  Synonyms: lip, rim.
2.
A circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat.
verb
(past & past part. brimmed; pres. part. brimming)
1.
Be completely full.
2.
Fill as much as possible.



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"Brim" Quotes from Famous Books



... and gaiters. Christy, who rode bare-headed, declared that she had gotten a beautiful shampoo free of charge. Even Babbie smiled faintly and called attention to the "mountain tarn" splashing about in the brim of her tri-corn hat. ...
— Betty Wales Senior • Margaret Warde

... this subject was temporarily interrupted by the arrival of the expressman. A roan bronco galloped up the slope, bearing a youthful rider wearing a light buck-skin suit and a soft felt hat with a narrow brim. He was armed with a breech-loading carbine and two revolvers, and carried, attached to his saddle, a roll of blankets, a ...
— Captured by the Navajos • Charles A. Curtis

... hurried to the other prisoners with the big pot from over the fire. The prisoners had a large tin kettle for water, fitted with a cover so that bugs might be kept out, and this he filled to the brim, and also gave the ...
— The Campaign of the Jungle - or, Under Lawton through Luzon • Edward Stratemeyer

... Italy, where he could not be permitted to visit him, banished from his native land, jealously watched and menaced by all the allied powers, his fair name maligned, all these considerations seemed to fill his cup of sorrow to the brim. ...
— Hortense, Makers of History Series • John S. C. Abbott

... dangerous. He can be exceedingly rude. I passed him on my way here and common politeness should have made him pull up for a word or two. But he rushed by in a cloud of dust with two fingers just touching the brim of his hat!—considering I was on foot, you can imagine my feelings. I have never been treated so by a man in my life—unless it is by my own husband; but then, there's no ...
— Banked Fires • E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi


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