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Brimming   /brˈɪmɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Brim  v. t.  To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. "Arrange the board and brim the glass."



Brim  v. i.  (past & past part. brimmed; pres. part. brimming)  To be full to the brim. "The brimming stream."
To brim over (literally or figuratively), 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.



adjective
Brimming  adj.  Full to the brim; overflowing.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Brimming" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the cases before us? God gave to the French nation one of the richest, gayest, and most beautiful countries in the world. This country, with its sunny hills, its fertile plains, its great forests, and brimming rivers, can easily produce more of all the good things of life than are wanted for the use of all its inhabitants. No man, woman, or child within its boundaries ought ever to be in want of the comforts of life. God has ...
— The Peasant and the Prince • Harriet Martineau

... by his side, her hand on his arm. "My husband," she said in trembling tones, looking up into his face with brimming eyes, "what may they not do next? I begin to fear for you and ...
— Elsie's Motherhood • Martha Finley

... could speak, the mother and son bowed their heads in thankful prayer, then lifted their brimming ...
— The Big Nightcap Letters - Being the Fifth Book of the Series • Frances Elizabeth Barrow

... chatter, chatter as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come, and men may go, But I go ...
— Graded Memory Selections • Various

... she climbed the winding stairs she went slowly for she carried in her hands a brimming bowl ...
— The Laughing Prince - Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales • Parker Fillmore


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