单词 | brimming |
释义 | brimmingn.1 The action of brim v.1: said of swine. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > copulation brimming1530 brim1587 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 824/2 A brimmyng as a bore or sowe doth, en rouyt. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 149v Shee is with pigge at the fyrst breming. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiv. 148 They begin to growe hot and go a brimming. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 230 They stand lightly to the first brimming. 1671 tr. A. Charant Let. conc. Countrys King of Tafiletta 46 in tr. R. Fréjus Relation Voy. Mauritania The wild Boars are most furious creatures, especially in Brimmin time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). brimmingn.2 Being full to the brim, overflowing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > one who or that which overflows redundationa1659 brimming1837 overflower1899 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > fullness > to or over the brim brimfulnessa1616 brimming1851 overbrimming1858 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 73 The gushing talk of Judge Story, the brimmings of a full head and heart. 1851 G. Meredith Love in Valley Something friends have told her fills her heart to brimming. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018). brimmingadj. 1. That rises to the brim of its vessel, basin, or bed; that fills to overflowing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > filling > to the brim top-full1601 brimming1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 336 They..in the rinde Still as they thirsted scoop the brimming stream. View more context for this quotation 1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 111 And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river. 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 20 The brimming brook invites a leap. 2. Of a vessel: Brim-full, full to overflowing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to the brim brerd-fullc1000 bret-fullc1200 staff-fulla1400 chock-fullc1440 brimful1530 brink-full1553 top-full1553 brim-charged1582 bankfullc1600 crowned1603 full-brimmed1614 brimmed1624 teemful1673 brimming1697 stock-full1782 throat-fulla1800 jam-full1835 cram-full1837 stodge-full1847 chockc1850 top-filled1860 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 12 To store the Dairy, with a brimming Pail. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 317 Wine rosy-bright the brimming goblets crown'd. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. iv. 128 To fill the brimming cup. 3. adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adverb] > to the brim top-up1581 brimmingly1826 brimming1848 brimfully1854 abrim1858 1848 W. E. Aytoun Danube & Euxine 10 I am brimming full and red. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11530n.21837adj.1667 |
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