I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be brimming/bursting/bubbling with enthusiasm (= be very excited and enthusiastic )
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Andrea’s voice was brimming with enthusiasm when she told John her plans.
brim with confidence (= be full of it )
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Clive walked into the room, brimming with confidence as usual.
fill sth to the brim/to overflowing (= fill something completely )
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a bucket filled to the brim with ice
full to the brim (= completely full )
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The bath was full to the brim with hot water.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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His eye-sockets were cups, full to the brim .
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Once the axe was full to the brim of bad back spirits it would be banged on the earth to release them.
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On the other side of the road at the front of the house a builders' skip was full to the brim .
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The river is full to the brim and quite placid so we set off again.
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It was full to the brim with little drops of water.
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It is full to the brim of a wondrous liquid, which will bring abundance into your life.
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His heart lurched and he splashed his goblet full to the brim with dark red claret.
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Drink and drink - for were you to drink a whole ocean, the Chalice would still be full to the brim .
wide
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Sandison bought a very fine pale grey hat with a wide , flat brim and a white hatband.
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It will have a wide brim and be in a subtle pastel colour.
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A shower of hail bounced off Granny's pointy hat and Oats's wide brim .
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A face that wore dark glasses and was shadowed by the wide brim of a flat black hat.
■ NOUN
hat
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Stitch in place on the hat brim .
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The shadow of the hat brim colors her forehead lavender.
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This was shown with a large round lace hat brim , on a cream satin band.
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I turned up my coat collar to meet my hat brim and hunched defensively, like a bedraggled bird.
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Sew the hat brim on to the join between the pink face and yellow hat.
■ VERB
fill
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Siobham half fills each glass in turn except one which she fills to the brim .
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Looking back, Susan saw South Park filled nearly to the brim with cloud, only the saw-toothed peaks rising above it.
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Jacob filled to the brim with sorrow for the woman whom, despite everything, he had loved.
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Children are wise and strong and filled to the brim with compassion.
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She was here in the flesh to oblige Miss Beard, but her mind was filled to the brim with Joss Barnet.
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Tipping the pencils from a paper cup, he filled it to the brim .
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The big cup with the chipped handle had been filled almost to its brim with milky cocoa.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cory Selliker, his eyes watering under the brim of his black Earnhardt cap, heard Marchman's advice to let go.
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He tried to straighten out the brim but it had been curled and folded so often it was beyond repair.
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Once the axe was full to the brim of bad back spirits it would be banged on the earth to release them.
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Precise instructions as to the building of a hedge at the brim of the water were given.
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Quite quickly the whole corridor filled to the brim with the substance of the hydra.
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Sandison bought a very fine pale grey hat with a wide, flat brim and a white hatband.
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Siobham half fills each glass in turn except one which she fills to the brim .
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The nails come out and the brim is trimmed.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her letter was brimming with happiness.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A holding camp designed for 480 boat people has been brimming with more than 1,000.
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After all, the newspapers are brimming with reports of horrendous attacks on women, so the risk must be considerable.
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As far as an observer can tell, Mueller and Simmons are brimming with that will.
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As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles.
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He came back with it brimming, and dropped some purification tablets into it.
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Her family brimmed over with every species of moral fervor.
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His eyes brimmed and his lids went red.
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She had expected the royal apartments to be brimming with activity.