overbrimmed

overbrimmed is the simple past and past participle of overbrim.

Meaning of overbrim

overbrim (third-person singular simple present overbrims, present participle overbrimming, simple past and past participle overbrimmed)

(transitive) 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...
(intransitive) 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...

overbrimmed (not comparable)

What does overbrimmed mean?: Overbrimmed means having too large a brim.
What is overbrimmed the simple past and past participle of?: Overbrimmed is the simple past and past participle of overbrim.
What part of speech is overbrimmed?: Overbrimmed is an adjective.

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