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Brim vs Skirt - What's the difference?

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Brim is a related term of skirt.


As nouns the difference between brim and skirt

is that 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) while skirt is an article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.

As verbs the difference between brim and skirt

is that brim is to be full to overflowing or brim can be of pigs: to be in heat, to rut while skirt is to be on or form the border of.

As an adjective brim

is (obsolete) fierce; sharp; cold.

brim

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) brim, brym, .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) The sea; ocean; water; flood.
    • Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) brim, brem, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water).
  • * Bible, Josh. iii. 15
    • The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water.
  • The topmost rim or lip of a container.
    • The toy box was filled to the brim with stuffed animals.
  • * Coleridge:
    • Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim / I would remove it with an anxious pity.
  • A projecting rim, especially of a hat.
    • He turned the back of his brim up stylishly.
    (Wordsworth)
    Derived terms
    * to the brim

    Verb

    (brimm)
  • To be full to overflowing.
    • The room brimmed with people.
  • * 2006 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.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=July 3 , author=Piers Newbury , title=Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Djokovic, brimming with energy and confidence, needed little encouragement and came haring in to chase down a drop shot in the next game, angling away the backhand to break before turning to his supporters to celebrate. }}
  • To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
  • * Tennyson:
    • Arrange the board and brim the glass.

    Etymology 3

    Either from (breme), or directly from (etyl) (though not attested in Middle English).

    Verb

    (brimm)
  • Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.

    • Etymology 4

    See (breme).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Fierce; sharp; cold.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    skirt

    English

    (wikipedia skirt)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
  • * , The Purple Dress :
    • "I like purple best," said Maida. "And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. It's going to be lovely. I'm going to have a plaited skirt and a blouse coat trimmed with a band of galloon under a white cloth collar with two rows of—"
  • The part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist.
  • * 1885 , , The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice , Chapter XI:
    • The petticoats and skirts ordinarily worn are decidedly the heaviest part of the dress ; hence it is necessary that some reform should be effected in these.
  • A loose edging to any part of a dress.
  • * Addison
    • A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece.
  • A petticoat.
  • (pejorative, slang) A woman.
  • * 1931 , , Alleys of Peril :
    • "Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for a skirt ."
    "What d'ya mean?" I asked, taking a pull at the bottle.
    "Well, 'ere's us, two red-blooded 'e-men, takin' orders from a lousy little frail, 'andin' the swag h'over to 'er, and takin' wot she warnts to 'and us, w'en we could 'ave the 'ole lot. Take this job 'ere now--"
  • (UK, colloquial) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
  • (UK, colloquial) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
  • Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Here in the skirts of the forest.
  • The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
    • (Dunglison)

    Usage notes

    * (article of clothing) It was formerly common to speak of “skirts” (plural) rather than “a skirt”. In some cases this served to emphasize an array of skirts of underskirts, or of pleats and folds in a single skirt; in other cases it made little or no difference in meaning.

    Derived terms

    * fender skirt * hobble skirt * mermaid skirt * miniskirt * pencil skirt * prairie skirt * rah-rah skirt * skirt chaser * skirted * skirtless * unskirted

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be on or form the border of.
    • The plain was skirted by rows of trees.
  • To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
    • An enormous man and woman (it was early-closing day) were stretched motionless, with their heads on pocket-handkerchiefs, side by side, within a few feet of the sea, while two or three gulls gracefully skirted the incoming waves, and settled near their boots.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
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  • To cover with a skirt; to surround.
  • * Milton
    • skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold

    Related terms

    * skirting-board * outskirt

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words