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bream ¹  (brm, brm)

n. pl. bream or breams

1. Any of several European freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, especially A. brama, having a flattened body and silvery scales.

2. A similar fish, especially:

a. Any one of various saltwater fishes in the family Sparidae, such as the porgy.

b. Any one of various freshwater sunfishes of the genus Lepomis and related genera, such as the bluegill.

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[Middle English breme, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

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bream ²  (brm)

tr.v. breamed, bream·ing, breams Nautical

To clean (a wooden ship's hull) by applying heat to soften the pitch and then scraping.

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[From Middle Dutch brem(e), furze, broom.]

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bream

Noun

pl bream

1. a freshwater fish covered with silvery scales

2. a food fish of European seas

3. a food fish of Australasian seas [Old French bresme]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bream - flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe freshwater bream freshwater bream, bream - any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
	2.	bream - flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae sea bream sea bream, bream - any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
	3.	bream - any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae sea bream order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes Brama raii, pomfret - deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food porgy - important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide European sea bream, Pagellus centrodontus - food fish of European coastal waters Archosargus rhomboidalis, Atlantic sea bream - sea bream of warm Atlantic waters black bream, Chrysophrys australis - important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia sea bream, bream - flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
	4.	bream - any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis freshwater bream Abramis brama, European bream - European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna centrarchid, sunfish - small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus - important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States Lepomis punctatus, spotted sunfish, stumpknocker - inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish bream, freshwater bream - flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
Verb	1.	bream - clean (a ship's bottom) with heat clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"