cream
noun
- the oily, yellowish part of milk, which rises to the top and which may be separated: commercial cream contains 18% or more butterfat
- any of various foods or confections made of cream or having a creamy consistency: ice cream
- a cosmetic or emulsion with a creamy consistency
- the best or finest part
- the color of cream; yellowish white
adjective
- containing cream; made of cream
- having the consistency of cream; creamy
- cream-colored
intransitive verb
- to form into cream or a foamy substance
- to form cream or a creamy foam on top
transitive verb
- to remove the cream from
- to remove, use, etc. the best part of
- to add cream to
- to cook with cream or a cream sauce
- to beat into a creamy consistency; make into a creamy mixture
- to let (milk) form cream
- to separate as cream
- ☆ Slang
- to beat, thrash, or defeat soundly
- to hurt, damage, etc., as by striking with great force
See cream in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(krēm)
nouna. The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
b. Any of various substances resembling or containing cream: hand cream.
- A pale yellow to yellowish white.
- The choicest part: the cream of the crop.
verb creamed,
cream·ing,
creams verb, intransitive- To form cream.
- To form foam or froth at the top.
verb, transitive- To remove the cream from; skim.
a. To take or remove (the best part): creamed off the highest-paying jobs for her cronies.
b. To take the best part from: creamed the whole department to form his management team.
- To beat into a creamy consistency.
- To prepare or cook in or with a cream sauce.
- To add cream to.
- Slang
a. To defeat overwhelmingly: creamed our rival on their home court.
b. To damage severely; destroy: My camera got creamed when I dropped it.
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