brimming

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
brimming
    adj 1: filled to capacity; "a brimful cup"; "I am brimful of
           chowder"; "a child brimming over with curiosity"; "eyes
           brimming with tears" [syn: {brimful}, {brimfull},
           {brimming}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Brim \Brim\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Brimming}.]
   To be full to the brim. "The brimming stream." --Milton.
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   {To brim over} (literally or figuratively), to be so full
      that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup
      brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Brimming \Brim"ming\, a.
   Full to the brim; overflowing.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "brimming":
      SRO, awash, brimful, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock-full,
      chuck-full, congested, cram-full, crammed, crowded, farci, filled,
      flush, full, full to bursting, jam-packed, jammed, loaded,
      overfull, overstuffed, packed, packed like sardines, plenary,
      ready to burst, replete, round, satiated, saturated, soaked,
      standing room only, stuffed, surfeited, swelling, swollen, teeming,
      topful

    

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