Brim vs Shore - What's the difference?
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An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water).
* Bible, Josh. iii. 15
The topmost rim or lip of a container.
* Coleridge:
A projecting rim, especially of a hat.
To be full to overflowing.
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To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
* Tennyson:
Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.
Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
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(from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.
To provide with support.
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To reinforce (something at risk of failure).
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(shear)
(Webster 1913)
Brim is a related term of shore.
As a noun brim
is (obsolete) the sea; ocean; water; flood or brim can be an edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water).As a verb brim
is to be full to overflowing or brim can be of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.As an adjective brim
is (obsolete) fierce; sharp; cold.As a proper noun shore is
.brim
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) brim, brym, .Derived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) brim, brem, .Noun
(en noun)- The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.
- The toy box was filled to the brim with stuffed animals.
- Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim / I would remove it with an anxious pity.
- He turned the back of his brim up stylishly.
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Derived terms
* to the brimVerb
(brimm)- The room brimmed with people.
New York Times
- It was a hint of life in a place that still brims with memories of death, a reminder that even five years later, the attacks are not so very distant.
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- Arrange the board and brim the glass.
Etymology 3
Either from (breme), or directly from (etyl) (though not attested in Middle English).Verb
(brimm)Etymology 4
See (breme).Anagrams
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English
(wikipedia shore)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl). Cognate to (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the fruitful shore of muddy Nile
Usage notes
* Generally, only the largest of rivers, which are often estuaries, are said to have shores . * Rivers and other flowing bodies of water are said to have (term). * River bank(s)'' outnumbers ''River shore(s) about 200:3 at COCA.Hyponyms
* (land adjoining a large body of water) beach, headland, coastDerived terms
* alongshore * ashore * backshore * bayshore * foreshore * inshore * lakeshore * lee shore * longshore * nearshore * onshore * offshore * seashore * shore bug * shore cod * shore crab * shore dinner * shore fly * shore lark * shore leave * shore patrol * shore pine * shore pit viper * shore plover * shore plum * shore snipe * shore thistle * shore teetan * shorebird * (adjective) * shoreface * shorefront * shoreland * shoreless * shoreline * shoreside * shoreward * shorewards * shoreweed * weather shore * windward shoreEtymology 2
Of uncertain origin, but found in some other Germanic languages; compare Middle Dutch . http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shore?s=tNoun
(en noun)- The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.
Verb
(shor)- My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
- The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.