Definition of "to the brim" [to the brim]

• Full, almost overflowing (adverb)

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• "On this side of the hill are pockets of run-down bungalows hosting barbecues complete with loud Spanish rancheras, racks of meat cooking over tinfoil-wrapped grills perched atop blackened hibachi tubs, large beat-up Igloo coolers stocked to the brim with ice-cold beer and paleta ice cream bars, and rows of folding patio chairs where hijos and hijas, abuelitos and abuelitas sit, laugh, drink, and eat from paper plates balanced in their laps."
• "If I filled my heart to the brim with love for Joe McIntyre it would be 10 times too little."
• "How was it that we could cover years of day-to-day, second-to-second life—so precious, so fleeting while we were living it, so filled to the brim with the annoyance of everyday occurrences that took up so much space in our heads—in minutes?"