Meaning

2 senses

  1. (figuratively)To the point of being full, almost overflowing.

    Near-synonyms: brimful (adjective), brimfully (adverb); see also Thesaurus:to the full

    The van was stuffed to the brim with camping equipment.

    randvoll, bis zum Rand (e), bis zum Spund (e)

    до краёвdo krajóv

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, brim.

    Fill the glass to the brim, please.

Examples

36 sentences

  1. I filled the jug to the brim.

    ruЯ наполнила кувшин доверху. — shanghainese

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  2. Tom filled the cup to the brim.

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  3. Tom filled his cup to the brim.

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  4. Tom filled the cup up to the brim.

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  5. The tub was filled to the brim with water.

    ruЧан был до краёв наполнен водой. — marafon

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
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Synonyms

22 synonyms
brimfulbrimfullyall the wayfrom soup to nutsin excelsisto the backboneto the boneto the coreto the fullto the gillsto the gunnelsto the hiltto the marrowto the max

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
toA1toadstooltoady

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