(oberer) rand (eines runden gefäßes)

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brim

the topmost rim or lip of a container

The toy box was filled to the brim with stuffed animals.

{n} the edge, lip, top, side, bank

an edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water)

If someone or something is brimming with a particular quality, they are full of that quality. England are brimming with confidence after two straight wins in the tournament. Brim over means the same as brim. Her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles

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

a projecting rim, especially of a hat

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

{s} full to the rim

When your eyes are brimming with tears, they are full of fluid because you are upset, although you are not actually crying. Michael looked at him imploringly, eyes brimming with tears. Brim over means the same as brim. When she saw me, her eyes brimmed over with tears and she could not speak

If something, especially a container, is filled to the brim or full to the brim with something, it is filled right up to the top. Richard filled her glass right up to the brim

fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship"

Fierce; sharp; cold

To be full to the brim

{i} edge, lip; edge of a hat

a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat the top edge of a vessel fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship"

to be full to overflowing

The brim of a hat is the wide part that sticks outwards at the bottom. Rain dripped from the brim of his baseball cap. a flat black hat with a wide brim. + -brimmed -brimmed a floppy-brimmed hat