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Meaning of overbrim | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To flow over the brim of; to overflow.
    transitive
  2. To be so full as to overflow.
    intransitive

Examples

“And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease, For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.”
“And all the while, methought, his voice did swim, As if it drowned in remembrance were Of thoughts which make the moist eyes overbrim: […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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