brim
brim / brim/ • n. the projecting edge around the bottom of a hat: a soft hat with a turned-up brim. ∎ the upper edge or lip of a cup, bowl, or other container: tankards frothing to the brim.• v. (brimmed, brim·ming) [often as adj.] (brimming) fill or be full to the point of overflowing: [intr.] a brimming cup [tr.] seawater brimmed the riverbanks. ∎ fill something so completely as almost to spill out of it: large tears brimmed in her eyes. ∎ fig. be possessed by or full of feelings or thoughts: he is brimming with ideas.DERIVATIVES: brimmed adj. [in comb.] : a wide-brimmed hat.brim·less adj.
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in·ter·im / ˈintərəm/ • n. the intervening time: in the interim I'll just keep my fingers crossed. • adj. in or for the… filling , filling •brambling, rambling •hatchling • brandling •gangling, wrangling •crackling • sapling •fatling, Gatling •mantling, scantling •darling, sparli… Map Projection , map projection, transfer of the features of the surface of the earth or another spherical body onto a flat sheet of paper. Only a globe can represent… Riley, Polly Ann (1926–2002) , rim1 / rim/ • n. the upper or outer edge of an object, typically something circular or approximately circular: a china egg cup with a gold rim. ∎ (al…