(n.) The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.
(n.) The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.
(n.) The rim of a hat.
(v. i.) To be full to the brim.
(v. t.) To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
(a.) Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.
Example Sentences:
(1) Last year, in a continuing campaign to improve policing , he produced a book brimming with indignation.
(2) In general, we could say that the combination of these daily rules makes the detention atmosphere unsafe, full of stress and brimful of pressure.
(3) Nutritional stresses are indicated by dental lesions, hypoplasias, stature, and skull base height and pelvic brim index.
(4) This week I spoke to Richard Murphy , the economist and tax expert, whose new book has the self-explanatory title The Courageous State and brims with imaginative thinking.
(5) The likelihood of failure or complication was greater for stones above than for those below the pelvic brim (15 of 25 or 60 per cent versus 26 of 75 or 35 per cent, p less than 0.05).
(6) His private palace, seven miles outside town in Kawele, brimmed with paintings, sculptures, stained glass, ersatz Louis XIV furniture, marble from Carrara in Italy and two swimming pools surrounded by loudspeakers playing his beloved Gregorian chants or classical music.
(7) It was subdivided into fractures of the acetabulum, fractures of the pelvic girdle, dislocations, and fractures of the pelvic brim on the basis of the system of Judet and Engler as well as Feldkamp.
(8) At 56 he brims with the energy of a much younger man; he has international standing and experience and an undoubted feel for the needs and ambitions of the big players.
(9) Kennedy's wife Vicki sat in the front row, her eyes always brimming but never overwhelmed.
(10) The distance from the external urethral orifice to the cranial pubic brim was correlated (P less than 0.001) with bodyweight but was not significantly different in the continent and incontinent bitches.
(11) 'I greet the year 1968 with serenity,' he announced, brimming with self-satisfaction.
(12) Diego Forlán, 30 yards from the target, showed all the confidence that has been brimming over in his work for the Europa League winners Atlético Madrid.
(13) Spurs have been guilty of starting matches sluggishly this season but they brimmed with menace from the start, Adebayor and Gareth Bale going close with headers from corners.
(14) Six or seven” out of 10 was the faintly damning verdict of one Chinese tourist, an MBA student at Bath University, on the bride’s outfit: a glamorous cream Stella McCartney trouser suit with a wide-brimmed hat.
(15) Where’s your warrant?’” says Greste, wearing the same wide-brimmed hat he was arrested in.
(16) These predicted increases in risk, resulting from greater solar ultraviolet exposure, can be offset by adopting changes to behaviour during the summer months which may involve spending less time outdoors, wearing appropriate clothing including wide-brimmed hats, applying topical sunscreens, or a combination of these.
(17) calculi below the pelvic brim) underwent local shock-wave lithotripsy.
(18) Investment spurred a full-on revival of the arts scene, a gallery district and a brimming outdoor gallery of street art in Central and Humewood.
(19) Much beer was drunk, many speeches were made, brimming glasses raised to a company whose success had plainly served all who were present.
(20) The inverse covariability between the transverse inlet diameter and the brim index is weak (r = -0,17).
Bumper
Definition:
(n.) A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.
(n.) A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.
(n.) That which bumps or causes a bump.
(n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the upside, this year's monsoon will lead to bumper agricultural production, and the cheaper rupee also comes with a thick silver lining.
(2) Record numbers of shoppers hit the stores this weekend for the Thanksgiving Day sales but retail experts are sceptical that the trend can continue into a bumper Monday for online retailers.
(3) A rash of bumper pay deals would support the argument of the hawks, who believe interest rates should be raised to clamp down on inflation.
(4) This gesture goes some way to acknowledging the hypocrisy of an organisation which has sacked over 21,000 staff, while still attempting to pay bumper bonuses to the bosses.
(5) The Mr Benn approach also opens up lots of fancy dress options for TV sponsorship bumpers and blipverts.
(6) But the bumper year was somewhat blighted in the UK as Google was one of a number of multinational companies, including Amazon and Starbucks, that came under fire from MPs over their tax arrangements .
(7) Santander is planning to accelerate its expansion in Britain after reporting bumper profits in a market where it is now issuing 50% of all new mortgages.
(8) The run of unpredictable weather this season has left farmers and growers with bumper crops of "ugly" fruit and vegetables with reported increases in blemishes and scarring, as well as shortages due to later crops.
(9) 12.01pm GMT Report: Germany considering bumper aid payout for Greece.....
(10) None of these suggest a bumper year for the high street, since the jobless total is going up, house prices are going down, consumer confidence has cratered and real disposable income in 2011 saw its biggest fall since 1977.
(11) A bumper 16-page souvenir pullout will mark the end of its 30 years in print before it becomes the first national newspaper in the UK to go online only .
(12) The results are the second successive year of bumper returns for the major accounting firms and will fuel calls for more scrutiny from some backbench MPs and the small band of academics who closely watch the profession.
(13) Numerous educational materials were developed including training manuals, counseling booklets, tippee cups, posters, and bumper stickers.
(14) The company said it cannot make enough bumpers to satisfy demand, but will keep the offer of the free case open until September.
(15) The bumper return has prompted clubs to bring in new financial controls that they hope will limit wage inflation.
(16) She has also begun a privatisation programme and promised to put aside some of Nigeria's oil revenues in bumper years to cushion the country against plunging prices in future.
(17) We describe a patient in whom the internal bumper eroded into the stomach wall and was completely covered by gastric epithelium 11 months after gastrostomy tube placement.
(18) Headline profit before tax and one-off items is set to exceed expectations of £200m by up to 15% thanks to bumper sales – up 10% on a like-for-like basis in the 49 weeks to 7 January.
(19) It was also the year in which EastEnders and Coronation Street celebrated significant anniversaries by airing live episodes, which brought in bumper ratings.
(20) "The unpredictable weather this season, has left growers with bumper crops of ugly-looking fruit and vegetables with reported increases in blemishes and scarring, as well as shortages due to later crops.