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upbrim

upbrim verb: to brim upwards.

Verb

upbrim (third-person singular simple present upbrims, present participle upbrimming, simple past and past participle upbrimmed)

  1. To brim upwards
    • […], whom I knew when her dreams
      were upbrimming with light,
      And with laughter her eyes.1898, Thomas Hardy, “Thoughts of Ph——a”, in Wessex Poems and Other Verses, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 152
    • Lady many-spoused, more charity
      Upbrims in thee than in some loftier ones
      Who would not name thee with their white-washed tongues.1904, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars, […], part first, London: Macmillan and Co.: New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, Act VI, scene vii, page 218

Forms of upbrim

third-person singular presentupbrims
present participleupbrimming
past participleupbrimmed
pastupbrimmed

Questions about upbrim

What does upbrim mean?
Upbrim means to brim upwards.
What part of speech is upbrim?
Upbrim is a verb.
What is the past tense of upbrim?
The past tense of upbrim is upbrimmed.

Words near upbrim in the dictionary

  1. upbreezes
  2. upbrighten
  3. upbrightened
  4. upbrightening
  5. upbrightens
  6. upbrim
  7. upbring
  8. upbringing
  9. upbringings
  10. upbrings
  11. upbristling

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