n.
- the projecting edge around the bottom of a hat.
- the lip of a cup, bowl, etc.
v.
(brims, brimming, brimmed)
[
often as adj. brimming]
fill or be full to the point of overflowing.
Derivative
- brimful adj.
- brimless adj.
- -brimmed adj.
Etymology
ME (denoting the edge of a body of water): perh. rel. to Ger. Bräme ‘trimming’.