Brim

n.	1.	The rim, border, or upper edge 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 priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water. - Josh. iii. 15.
	3.	The rim of a hat.
v. i.	1.	To be full to the brim. [imp. & p. p. Brimmed ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Brimming.] To brim over to be so full that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.
v. t.	1.	To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. Arrange the board and brim the glass. - Tennyson.
a.	1.	Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.

Noun	1.	brim - the top edge of a vessel Synonyms: lip, rim
	2.	brim - a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat
Verb	1.	brim - be completely full; "His eyes brimmed with tears"
	2.	brim - fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship"

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