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Definition of Brimming
1. Adjective. Filled to capacity. "Eyes brimming with tears"
Definition of Brimming
1. a. Full to the brim; overflowing.
Definition of Brimming
1. Verb. (present participle of brim) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brimming
1. brim [v] - See also: brim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brimming
Literary usage of Brimming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems by John Nelson M'Jilton (1840)
"AND LEAVE THE brimming BOWL. AWAY and leave the brimming bowl! "Pis sparkling
with the rosy wine; But the rich draught may reach the soul,— Its curse of ..."
2. The Joyful Heart by Robert Haven Schauffler (1914)
"II THE brimming CUP EXUBERANCE is the income yielded by a wise investment of
one's vitality. On this income, so long as it flows in ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"... unrighteous rebuked with conspicuous accompanying testimony of attitude and
feature, common people devour his words with parted lips and brimming eyes. ..."
4. The Microscope and its revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1891)
"... B, incipient formation of swarm-spores, shown at С escaping from the cyst, at
D brimming freely by their flagellate appendages, and at К creeping in the ..."
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