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[syn: brimful, brimfull, brimming]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brim \Brim\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brimmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brimming.]
To be full to the brim. "The brimming stream." --Milton.
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To brim over (literally or figuratively), to be so full
that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup
brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brimming \Brim"ming\, a.
Full to the brim; overflowing.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brimming
adj 1: filled to capacity; "a brimful cup"; "I am brimful of
chowder"; "a child brimming over with curiosity"; "eyes
brimming with tears" [syn: brimful, brimfull,
brimming]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "brimming":
SRO, awash, brimful, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock-full,
chuck-full, congested, cram-full, crammed, crowded, farci, filled,
flush, full, full to bursting, jam-packed, jammed, loaded,
overfull, overstuffed, packed, packed like sardines, plenary,
ready to burst, replete, round, satiated, saturated, soaked,
standing room only, stuffed, surfeited, swelling, swollen, teeming,
topful