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cream
[ kreem ]
noun
- the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- a soft solid or thick liquid containing medicaments or other specific ingredients, applied externally for a prophylactic, therapeutic, or cosmetic purpose.
- Usually creams. a soft-centered confection of fondant or fudge coated with chocolate.
- a purée or soup containing cream or milk:
cream of tomato soup.
- the best part of anything:
the cream of society.
- a yellowish white; light tint of yellow or buff.
verb (used without object)
- to form cream.
- to froth; foam.
- Informal. to advance or favor only the wealthiest, most skilled or talented, etc., especially so as to reap the benefits oneself:
Management is creaming by advancing only the most productive workers.
- Also cream one's jeans. Slang: Vulgar.
- to have an orgasm, especially to ejaculate or experience glandular lubrication of the vagina.
- to be overcome, as in rapturous admiration or delight.
verb (used with object)
- to work (butter and sugar, or the like) to a smooth, creamy mass.
- to prepare (chicken, oysters, vegetables, etc.) with cream, milk, or a cream sauce.
- to allow (milk) to form cream.
- to skim (milk).
- to separate as cream.
- to take the cream or best part of.
- to use a cosmetic cream on.
- to add cream to (tea, coffee, etc.).
- Slang.
- to beat or damage severely; lambaste.
- to defeat decisively.
- to accomplish, especially to pass (a test or course), with great ease and success:
She creamed the math test, getting the highest grade in the class.
adjective
- of the color cream; cream-colored.
cream
/ ː /
noun
- the fatty part of milk, which rises to the top if the milk is allowed to stand
- ( as modifier )
cream buns
- anything resembling cream in consistency
beauty cream
shoe cream
- the best one or most essential part of something; pick
the cream of the joke
the cream of the bunch
- a soup containing cream or milk
cream of chicken soup
- any of various dishes, cakes, biscuits, etc, resembling or containing cream
- a confection made of fondant or soft fudge, often covered in chocolate
- cream sherrya full-bodied sweet sherry
- a yellowish-white colour
- ( as adjective )
cream wallpaper
verb
- tr to skim or otherwise separate the cream from (milk)
- tr to beat (foodstuffs, esp butter and sugar) to a light creamy consistency
- intr to form cream
- tr to add or apply cream or any creamlike substance to
to cream one's face
to cream coffee
- trsometimes foll byoff to take away the best part of
- tr to prepare or cook (vegetables, chicken, etc) with cream or milk
- to allow (milk) to form a layer of cream on its surface or (of milk) to form such a layer
- slang.tr to beat thoroughly
- slang.intr (of a man) to ejaculate during orgasm
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cream1
Idioms and Phrases
- cream of the crop, the best or choicest:
a college that accepts only students who are the cream of the crop.
Example Sentences
For frosting: Mix butter, banana, lemon juice, and cream cheese well, then add powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
Cardinals wear similar clothes, but they can be distinguished by their more ornate damask pattern mitres, which look cream rather than white.
I enjoyed everything bagels paired with smoked salmon cream cheese.
The soup base can also be incorporated with heavy cream to make a decadent, spring-themed pasta sauce that pairs well with seafood, like grilled salmon or pan seared shrimp.
The three members of the self-proclaimed ‘sun cream brigade’ have made the pilgrimage across the Atlantic to perform at music’s sacred grounds in Indio on Friday.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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