How to express pouring to the very top of a receptacle?

For different types of receptacles, such as glasses, cups, jars, pots etc., what is a natural way to describe pouring until its volume is full of the liquid?

A construct pour up comes to my mind, but not sure whether it is correct. I also didn't find any support in dictionaries. Example sentence:

The waiter poured my glass up.


fill to the brim, as defined by The Free Dictionary:

filled all the way full; filled up to the top edge.

I like my coffee cup filled to the brim.
If the glass is filled to the brim, I can't drink without spilling the contents.

Your example can be rephrased as:

The waiter filled my glass to the brim.

A bit flowery, but it gets the job done.


Also fill up:

to become full, or to make something become full:

  • He filled up the tank with petrol.
  • The waiter filled up the glass/filled the glass up!

(Cambridge Dictionary)


The phrase "fill to the brim" has already been given as an answer.

But - as you've tagged your question 'single word request'- I would like to add that "brim" can also be used as a verb to mean exactly the same thing.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brim

(definition 2):

Definition of brim

brimmed; brimming

(transitive verb)

to fill to the brim

Example of usage: "The attentive waiter brimmed our glasses with ice cold water."


The natural way to express this is to use the phrasal verb top off:

top off or top up to completely fill a container that is already partly full

So you can say:

The waiter topped off my glass.