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Brimmed

Brim \Brim\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brimming.] To be full to the brim. ``The brimming stream.''
--Milton.

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.

Brimmed

Brimmed \Brimmed\, a.

  1. Having a brim; -- usually in composition. ``Broad-brimmed hat.''
    --Spectator.

  2. Full to, or level with, the brim.
    --Milton.

Wiktionary
brimmed
  1. Having a brim. v

  2. (en-past of: brim)

WordNet
brim
  1. n. the top edge of a vessel [syn: rim, lip]

  2. a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat

  3. [also: brimming, brimmed]

brim
  1. v. be completely full; "His eyes brimmed with tears"

  2. fill as much as possible; "brim a cup to good fellowship"

  3. [also: brimming, brimmed]

brimmed

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Usage examples of "brimmed".

There was a father, the woman some years younger, an old granny, six children ranging from boys old enough to wear brimmed hats to bonneted babies.

They ran laughing, Janine clutching her wide brimmed straw hat, and Roland trying to shield her from the storm of confetti that swirled around them.

The fat huckster-women drowsing beside their wares, scarce send their voices beyond the borders of their broadbrimmed straw hats, as they softly haggle with purchasers, or tranquilly gossip together.

He wore a sun-bleached and battered brimmed hat, a gray work shirt and blue jeans tucked into scarred work boots that had never seen an honest day of rest.

Jerichau cried out again, and in response, the menstruum, bright to blinding, brimmed in her subtle body.

The audience all paid close attention as an unidentifiable gentleman, predominantly dressed in black overcoat and wearing a wide brimmed hat, stepped forward from the cross passage to the other platform nearest Sharman and walked purposefully towards him.

The old fountain brimmed with water, slopping in ebony wavelets over its leeward edge.

Deep Waters, her last triumphant New York N Times bestseller, brimmed with excitement, great characters, and sheer storytelling genius.

He was wearing silver conchos on a black vest, a wide brimmed hat, and a pearl-handled revolver.

The fat huckster-women drowsing beside their wares, scarce send their voices beyond the borders of their broadbrimmed straw hats, as they softly haggle with purchasers, or tranquilly gossip together.

Sovaz stood staring down into the water until it brimmed over and ran out upon the floor.

Her eyes filled with tears, and very slowly they brimmed over and ran down her cheeks.

A vision of Rynna filled Tipperton's mind, and his eyes brimmed, and in that moment a sense of shared sorrow swept over the buccan.

His throat caught and his eyes brimmed with tears of wonder on several different occasions: riding down the chairlift on his initial descent and look­ing out across the Central Plain with its long illuminated strips that were Rama's light.

Isthia's mind brimmed with compassion and a generosity of spirit that the Rowan had not encountered since Lusena's death and which dissolved her immediate resentments.