Overbrim
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overbrim is a verb meaning (transitive) To flow over the brim of; to overflow.
Meaning
(transitive) To flow over the brim of; to overflow.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To be so full as to overflow.
Example Sentences
And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease, For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
And all the while, methought, his voice did swim, As if it drowned in remembrance were Of thoughts which make the moist eyes overbrim: […]
Word Forms
- overbrims
- overbrimming
- overbrimmed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brim, overcome, overflood, overspill, flood, overflow.
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