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Meanings of brim over in English

Portuguese
infestar
Catalan
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Flow or run over (a limit or brim)

        infestar
        Usage of brim over in English
        1
        She let everything else fall away, let her heart brim over.
        Torment
        2
        Sharley threw herself back in the rocking-chair and let her eyes brim over.
        Men, Women, and Ghosts
        3
        The environments, particularly the inner-brain worlds, brim over with tiny and usually relevant details.
        Wired
        4
        The lama dragged forth his rosary and pulled his huge hat- brim over his eyes.
        Kim
        5
        He remembered afterward that at that moment the cup of life seemed to brim over.
        The Custom of the Country
        6
        Bobby's eyes were beginning to brim over with tears.
        Stories Worth Rereading
        7
        Now it's notorious for potholed streets with drains that occasionally brim over with rancid sewage.
        Reuters
        8
        I willed the tears not to brim over.
        The eyes of a king
        9
        I pulled my brim over my face and gave myself time to adjust to the morning.
        A nameless witch
        10
        It seemed as if the silence was rising, rising-wouldsuddenly brim over and break into laughter.
        Laughter in the dark
        11
        There was an expression on her face which melted hearts, and made eyes brim over with tears.
        The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
        12
        Those big hands rubbed the hat brim over and over like a nervous habit of long duration.
        Affliction
        13
        Love attracts love; mine darts towards Thee, and would fain make the abyss brim over, but alas!
        The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of...
        14
        Of course, I expect the Internet to brim over with toilet humor; that is what the Internet is for.
        Wired
        15
        Every 10 years or so the Thames there would rise, brim over its banks, & cover the fields for miles.
        The new yorker
        16
        It showed how hungry the poor little heart had been, that such trifles could make it brim over with gratitude.
        The Little Colonel's House Party
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        Translations for brim over
        Portuguese
        infestar
        Brim over through the time
        Brim over across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common