Definition of Brim

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Definition of Brim

Brim

The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.

The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.

The rim of a hat.

To be full to the brim.

To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.

Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.

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Brim Quotations

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Lao Tzu

Life's enchanted cup sparkles near the brim.
Lord Byron

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.
Charles Caleb Colton

Brim Translations

brim in Danish is rand
brim in Dutch is boord, kant, rand, zoom, band
brim in Finnish is reuna
brim in Norwegian is kant, rand
brim in Spanish is borde

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