brim over

verb

To overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.)

“When he proposed, my heart brimmed over.”

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Meanings

verbbrim over (third-person singular simple present brims over, present participle brimming over, simple past and past participle brimmed over)

present singular third person brims over · participle present brimming over · participle past brimmed over · past brimmed over

  1. intransitiveTo overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.)
  2. broadlyintransitiveTo experience a very strong emotion; to be overcome with emotion.

    When he proposed, my heart brimmed over.

  3. intransitiveTo be bustlingly full of something

    Flowers, grass, trees, the sun and moon, even the human body, were to him brimming over with song.

    2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 234

Synonyms & antonyms

verbflow or run over (a limit or brim)

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overflowoverrunwell overrun over
Broader
spillrun out
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overflowoverrunrun over

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brim over,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brim%20over.

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