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brimming over

brimming over is the present participle and gerund of brim over.

Meaning of brim over

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

Questions about brimming over

What is brimming over the present participle and gerund of?
Brimming over is the present participle and gerund of brim over.

Words near brimming over in the dictionary

  1. brimmed over
  2. brimmer
  3. brimmers
  4. brimmeth
  5. brimming
  6. brimming over
  7. brimmingly
  8. Brimms
  9. brimmy
  10. brimonidine
  11. Brimpaen

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