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.