Brimming

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An English name for the gleam exhibited at night by a school of herrings.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Full to the brim; overflowing.
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  • verb. Present participle of brim.
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  • adjective. filled to capacity
  • Word Usage
    "Down in a hollow I hear the brimming note of the white-throated sparrow, -- brimming is the only word that expresses it, -- like "a beaker full of the warm South," -- such joy, such overflowing measure of bliss!"
    Equivalent
    full  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    SRO  awash  brimful  bulging  bursting  
    verb-stem
    brim