brim

🇺🇸 /brɪm/ 🇬🇧 /brɪm/
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noun
R

the top edge of a container like a cup or bowl

The brim of the cup was decorated with a pretty design.

R

the wide, flat part at the bottom of a hat

The brim of his hat shaded his eyes from the sun.

R

a hat with a wide, flat edge

She wore a stylish wide-brimmed hat to the garden party.

verb
R

to be filled to the top or to fill something to the top

The river brimmed after the heavy rain.

translation

n. the top edge of a container like a cup or bowl; the wide, flat part at the bottom of a hat; a hat with a wide, flat edge
v. to be filled to the top or to fill something to the top

Word Forms

3rd Present brims
Past brimmed
Perfect brimmed
Progressive brimming
Plural brims

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