brim /ˈbrɪm/
 邊,邊緣,(河)邊(vt.)注滿,使滿溢(vi.)滿溢


 Brim n.
 1. The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.
 Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim
 I would remove it with an anxious pity.   --Coleridge.
 2. The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.
    The feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.   --Josh. iii. 15.
 3. The rim of a hat.


 Brim, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brimmed p. pr. & vb. n. 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.


 Brim, v. t. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
    Arrange the board and brim the glass.   --Tennyson.


 Brim, a. Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [Obs.]

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 Breme a.
 1. Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel. [Obs.]
    From the septentrion cold, in the breme freezing air.   --Drayton.
 2. Famous; renowned; well known.
 [Written also brim and brimme.]

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 brim
      n 1: the top edge of a vessel [syn: rim, lip]
      2: a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of
         a hat
      v 1: be completely full; "His eyes brimmed with tears"
      2: fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship"
      [also: brimming, brimmed]