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brim over

brim over verb: to overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.).

Verb

brim over (third-person singular simple present brims over, present participle brimming over, simple past and past participle brimmed over)

  1. (intransitive) To overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.)
  2. (broadly, intransitive) To experience a very strong emotion; to be overcome with emotion.
    • When he proposed, my heart brimmed over.
  3. (intransitive) To be bustlingly full of something
    • Flowers, grass, trees, the sun and moon, even the human body, were to him brimming over with song.2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 234

Forms of brim over

third-person singular presentbrims over
present participlebrimming over
past participlebrimmed over
pastbrimmed over

Questions about brim over

What does brim over mean?
Brim over means to overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.).
What part of speech is brim over?
Brim over is a verb.
What is the past tense of brim over?
The past tense of brim over is brimmed over.

Words near brim over in the dictionary

  1. Brillouin zones
  2. brills
  3. brils
  4. Brilyn
  5. brim
  6. brim over
  7. Brimacombe
  8. Brimball Storehouse Cove
  9. Brimbin
  10. Brimble
  11. Brimblecombe

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