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Definition of brim : 1. Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme.
2. The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.
3. The rim of a hat.
4. The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.
5. To be full to the brim.
6. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.

Synonyms:

compass, be bursting/bulging at the seams, confines, backtalk, overflow, swarm with, back talk, lip, sassing, run over, chinstrap, apex, circumference, strand, marge, corner, bill, visor, abound, cockade, borderline, protection, mouth, bevel, skirting, back, bottom, be strewn (with), seethe, bristle with, sass, beach, frame, bump, convex, plume, peak, hatpin, end, bound, hem, flange, bank, edging, crown, bulge, study at rim, shore, skirt, base

edge, extreme, perimeter, rimming, peripheral, brink, boundary, curb, extremity, rim, verge, fence, marginal, precipice, frontier limit, ringing, side, fringe, margin, periphery, ring, sharpness, tip, outline, border, coast, coastal

Usage examples:

• It was of straw, with a drooping brim. - "The Missourian", Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle.
• He filled a goblet to the brim, drained it with a flourish, blew out all but one of the candles and went into the bedroom. - "The Return of Tharn", Howard Carleton Browne.
• Her eyes, staring up into his, filled to the brim. - "John March, Southerner", George W. Cable.