[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/brim/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / brim # brim noun (brim, brims); verb (brim, brims, brimmed, brimming) «brim» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The brim of a cup, glass or bowl is its top edge: full to the brim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/#m1) 2. The brim of a hat is the flat part that sticks out around the bottom and shades your face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/#m2) 3. To brim (with) means to be full to the top: eyes brimming with tears, brimming with ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/#m3) ### In the lessons In everyday life and safety: a hat with a wide brim protects the face, ears and neck from the sun («no hat, no play» at Australian schools). In science, filling a container «to the brim» shows its full capacity; liquids can overflow. In stories, «brimming with excitement» or «eyes brimming with tears» shows strong feeling. Phrases: to the brim, full to the brim, wide-brimmed hat, brimming with. ### Examples - The cup was full to the brim, so I carried it slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/#x1) - Wear a hat with a wide brim in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/#x2) - The baseball cap only has a brim at the front. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/#x3) - Her eyes were brimming with tears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/#x4) - The class was brimming with ideas for the play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/#x5) - The bath filled to the brim and almost overflowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/#x6) - And she took the brazen pitcher that she had brought with her, and filled it to the brim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/#x7) ### Note Double m: brimmed, brimming. «Brim» of a cup is the top edge; «rim» is any edge or border — they are close in meaning. A cap's front brim is also called a «peak» (UK) or «bill/visor» (US). ## In Jewish tradition In everyday life and safety: a hat with a wide brim protects the face, ears and neck from the sun («no hat, no play» at Australian schools). In science, filling a container «to the brim» shows its full capacity; liquids can overflow. In stories, «brimming with excitement» or «eyes brimming with tears» shows strong feeling. Phrases: to the brim, full to the brim, wide-brimmed hat, brimming with. ### Examples - And it was a hand-breadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held two thousand baths. (Prophets 1KI.7.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brim/#x1) - And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths. (Writings 2CH.4.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brim/#x2) - And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. (Prophets 1KI.7.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brim/#x3) ### Note Double m: brimmed, brimming. «Brim» of a cup is the top edge; «rim» is any edge or border — they are close in meaning. A cap's front brim is also called a «peak» (UK) or «bill/visor» (US). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «brim» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brim/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«brim» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brim.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «brim» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brim/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«brim» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/brim.html) on Mova free.