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# brimming

adjective (brimming); verb (brim, brims, brimmed, brimming)

«brimming» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Brimming means filled right up to the top, so full that it runs over the edge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimming/#m1)

### In the lessons

a basket, apron or cup filled right to the top, with flowers or wine in fairy tales

### Examples

- Proserpina's apron was soon brimming over with blossoms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimming/#x1)
- He carried the bucket back brimming over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimming/#x2)
- It is brimming with delicious wine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimming/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brimming» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brimming/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brimming» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brimming.html) on Mova free.