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brim

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Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of waterOriginally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.

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/bɹɪm/

» Tom is wearing a wide-brimmed hat.

Tom trägt einen breitkrempigen Hut.

Том в широкополой шляпе.

Том в шляпе с широкими полями.

Meaning

11 senses

Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
the top edge of a vessel or other container
Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container.
The toy box was filled to the brim with stuffed animals.
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A projecting rim.
A projecting rim.
(especially)That of a hat.
He turned the back of his brim up stylishly.
a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat
(Australia, US)Synonym of bream (“a freshwater fish from one of a number of genera”); specifically (US), the redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus).
Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge.
(archaic, poetic)The upper edge or surface of water.
(obsolete)The surface of the ground.
(figuratively, obsolete)A brink or edge.
(obsolete)The sea; ocean; water; flood.
(archaic)The period when a sow (“female pig”) is ready to mate; a heat, an oestrus, a rut; also, an act of a boar (“male pig”) and sow mating.
(UK, archaic, slang)An irascible, violent woman.

Examples

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Tom is wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
ruТом в широкополой шляпе.
deTom trägt einen breitkrempigen Hut.
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I filled the jug to the brim.
ruЯ наполнила кувшин доверху.
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Tom filled the cup to the brim.
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Tom was wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
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Tom filled his cup to the brim.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge:

Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English brymme, brimme (“bank or edge of a lake or river;

The noun is derived from Middle English brymme, brimme (“bank or edge of a lake or river; shore of a sea; brink; rim”); of unclear origin; compare Middle High German brem (“margin”).

Inherited from Northern Middle English brym, bryme (“waterbody”), from Old English brim (“sea, surf”), from Proto-Germanic *brimą (“turbulence, surge; surf, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to hum, make a noise”).

A variant of bream.

The verb is derived from Middle English brimmen (“of pigs: to be in heat or rut; to breed; to bear fruit”), either:

Clipping of brimstone (“sulphur; (figurative) a domineering, scolding woman”).

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