brim
pronunciation
How to pronounce brim in British English:
UK [brɪm]
How to pronounce brim in American English:
US [brɪm]
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- Noun:
- the top edge of a vessel
- a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat
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- Verb:
- be completely full
- fill as much as possible
Word Origin
- brim
- brim: [13] Brim appears out of the blue at the beginning of the 13th century, meaning ‘edge, border’, with no apparent ancestor in Old English. It is usually connected with Middle High German brem and Old Norse barmr, both ‘edge’, which would point to a prehistoric Germanic source *berm- or *barm-. It has been conjectured that this could derive from the stem *ber- (source of English bear ‘carry’), and that the etymological meaning of brim is thus ‘raised border’. The modern sense ‘rim of a hat’ is first recorded in Shakespeare.=> bear
- brim (n.)
- c. 1200, brymme "edge of the sea," of obscure origin, perhaps akin to Old Norse barmr "rim, brim," probably related to German bräme "margin, border, fringe," from PIE *bhrem- "point, spike, edge." (Old English had brim in the sense "sea, surf," but this probably was from the Germanic stem *brem- "to roar, rage.") Extended by 1520s to cups, basins, hats.
- brim (v.)
- "to fill to the brim," 1610s, from brim (n.). Intransitive sense ("be full to the brim") attested from 1818. Related: Brimmed; brimming.
Example
- 1. " Bombay phenomenon " the secret worry that expends with farmer brim .
- 2. He drank at the fountain 's brim .
- 3. He stood there a moment adjusting his hat , setting it close on his eyes , the curved brim pointing at victor .
- 4. Wear a hat with a brim and sunglasses that provide almost 100 % protection against ultraviolet radiation .
- 5. On the brink , on the brim , on the cusp -- praise song for walking forward in that light .