overbrim
overbrim verb: to flow over the brim of; to overflow.
Verb
overbrim (third-person singular simple present overbrims, present participle overbrimming, simple past and past participle overbrimmed)
- To flow over the brim of; to overflow.
- And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.1819 September 19, John Keats, “To Autumn”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza 1, page...
- And still more, later flowers for the bees,
- To be so full as to overflow.
- And all the while, methought, his voice did swim,
As if it drowned in remembrance were
Of thoughts which make the moist eyes overbrim: […]1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...
- And all the while, methought, his voice did swim,
Forms of overbrim
| third-person singular present | overbrims |
|---|---|
| present participle | overbrimming |
| past participle | overbrimmed |
| past | overbrimmed |
Origin of overbrim
From over- + brim.
Questions about overbrim
- What does overbrim mean?
- Overbrim means to flow over the brim of; to overflow.
- What part of speech is overbrim?
- Overbrim is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overbrim?
- The past tense of overbrim is overbrimmed.
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