## Meanings
1. The top edge of a cup, bowl, or other container
2. To be so full of something that it is about to overflow
3. To fill a container all the way to its top edge

## Examples
- She filled the glass right to the brim.
- Her eyes brimmed with tears as she read the letter.
- He brimmed each cup with hot coffee for the guests.

## Synonyms
- bulge

## Derived Forms
- abrim
- brimful
- brimfully
- brimless
- brimmed
- brimmer
- brimming
- brimmy
- broadbrim
- hatbrim
- overbrim
- underbrim

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰrem-
- Root: brimmen
- Root: brēme
- Root: *brōmi
- Root: *brōmiz
- Root: bremman
- Root: *bramjaną
- Root: brim

## Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English brimmen (“of pigs: to be in heat or rut; to breed; to bear fruit”), either: * modified from brem, breme (“of animals: ferocious, savage; of fire, the sea, a storm, etc.: raging, severe, tempestuous; glorious, splendid; etc.”, adjective) (whence modern English breme (“(obsolete) fierce, stormy, tempestuous”)), from Old English brēme (“(poetic) glorious; famous, renowned”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz (“famous”); or * directly from Old English bremman (“to rage; to roar”) (though not attested in Middle English), from Proto-…

## AI Etymology
Brim has separate etymological notes: The verb is derived from Middle English brimmen (“of pigs: to be in heat or rut; to breed; to bear fruit”), either: modified from brem, breme (“of animals: ferocious, savage; of fire, the sea, a storm, etc.: raging, severe, tempestuous; glorious, splendid; etc.”, adjective) (whence modern English breme (“(obsolete) fierce, stormy, tempestuous”)), from Old English brēme (“(poetic) glorious; famous, renowned”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōmi, from Proto-Germanic *brōmiz (“famous”); or directly from Old English bremman (“to rage; to roar”) (though not attested in Middle English), from Proto-… Important recorded forms include *bʰrem- (Proto-Indo-European), brimmen (Middle English), brēme (Old English), *brōmi (Proto-West Germanic), *brōmiz (Proto-Germanic), and bremman (Old English). Current senses include the top edge of a cup, bowl, or other container, to be so full of something that it is about to overflow, and to fill a container all the way to its top edge. The wider family includes derived forms such as abrim, brimful, brimfully, brimless, and brimmed.

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