6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Brimming \Brim"ming\, adjective Full to the brim; overflowing.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Brim \Brim\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Brimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brimming}.] To be full to the brim. ''The brimming stream.'' --Milton.

{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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

brim

noun

1: the top edge of a vessel [syn: {rim}, {lip}]

2: a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat

verb

1: be completely full; "His eyes brimmed with tears"

2: fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship" [also: {brimming}, {brimmed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

brimming

adjective

1: filled to capacity; "a brimful cup"; "I am brimful of chowder"; "a child brimming over with curiosity"; "eyes brimming with tears" [syn: {brimful}, {brimfull}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

brimming See {brim}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "brimming": SRO, awash, brimful, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock-full, chuck-full, congested, cram-full, crammed, crowded, farci, filled, flush, full, full to bursting, jam-packed, jammed, loaded, overfull, overstuffed, packed, packed like sardines, plenary, ready to burst, replete, round, satiated, saturated, soaked, standing room only, stuffed, surfeited, swelling, swollen, teeming, topful