brim

 
Pronunciation: /brɪm/

noun

  • 1the projecting edge around the bottom of a hat: a soft hat with a turned-up brim
  • 2the upper edge or lip of a cup, bowl, or other container: he filled her glass to the brim

verb (brims, brimming, brimmed)

[no object] (often as adjective brimming)
  • be full to the point of overflowing: a brimming cup
  • fill something so completely that it almost overflows: large tears brimmed in her eyes
  • be full of a particular quality, feeling, etc.: he is brimming with ideas

Derivatives

brimless

adjective

brimmed

adjective
[in combination]: a wide-brimmed hat

Origin:

Middle English (denoting the edge of the sea or other body of water): perhaps related to German Bräme 'trimming'