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adjective

Definition of brimmingnext
as in filled
containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible bins brimming with coffee beans from a wide array of tropical localities

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verb

present participle of brim
1
as in bursting
to be copiously supplied a secondhand bookstore that was brimming with bargains

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2
as in filling
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained he brimmed the glass with milk, and now I'm sure to spill it

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Recent Examples of brimming
Verb
These predictions highlight a year brimming with potential, as the industry continues to prove itself as an unstoppable force. — Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 The planet’s ancient ecosystem might have been brimming over with a richer assortment of plant life than scientists ever thought. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brimming
  1. bursting
  2. filling
  3. packed
  4. buzzing
  5. full
  6. loading
Verb
  • An intellectually dense film bursting with ideas, some of them contradictory, some troubling, all of them provocative.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
  • At one point Harry Maguire tried to inject urgency, bursting forward with the ball and urging Alejandro Garnacho and Diogo Dalot to run ahead.
    — Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of bursting
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  • Keep in mind, most places charge for filling up balloons, so make sure to inquire about that.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But Langdon could target another guard to try filling the hole Ivey leaves.
    — Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of filling
Adjective
  • Over the decades, dust has blown the contaminated soil off the bases and abundant rains have pushed the dioxin into waterways and the densely packed surrounding neighborhoods, contaminating fish as well as ducks and chicken that people raise for food.
    — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The eight available stakes add 23 g (0.8 oz), and the stuff sack adds another 13 g (0.5 oz), pushing total packed weight for all those components just over 2.2 lb (1 kg), not including the multipurpose hiking poles.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of packed
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  • Street performers and buzzing crowds returned to Bourbon Street on Thursday after police reopened it hours before the Sugar Bowl, which was delayed a day and was expected to draw 70,000 fans to the nearby Superdome.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
  • From patient inquiries to administrative notifications, your inbox is probably constantly buzzing.
    — Ajay Prasad, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of buzzing
Adjective
  • Check out the full collection below from the brand that topped our list of the best nonstick cookware sets.
    — Clint Davis, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Boston will take a slightly different approach by announcing the name in a few weeks and the full crest in the summer.
    — Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of full
Verb
  • In the driveway of a rundown house, two soldiers work quickly under the glow of headlamps, loading weapons from a shed into the back of a battered truck.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Court records show Corcoran asked Nieto's then 7-year-old daughter Melanie to stay in an upstairs bedroom before loading a rifle, a Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic, and going to the living room, where his brother and his friends were watching TV.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
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