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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

brim over en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To overflow over the brim (of a saucepan etc.)
  2. (broadly, intransitive) To experience a very strong emotion; to be overcome with emotion.
    • When he proposed, my heart brimmed over.
  3. (intransitive) To be bustlingly full of something
    • Flowers, grass, trees, the sun and moon, even the human body, were to him brimming over with song. 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 234:

Forms

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brimming over Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brims over Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
brimmed over Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brimmed over Tense=Past lexicographic