cream

cream  (krm)

n.

1.

a. 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.

2. A pale yellow to yellowish white.

3. The choicest part: the cream of the crop.

v. creamed, cream·ing, creams

v.intr.

1. To form cream.

2. To form foam or froth at the top.

v.tr.

1. To remove the cream from; skim.

2.

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.

3. To beat into a creamy consistency.

4. To prepare or cook in or with a cream sauce.

5. To add cream to.

6. 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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[Middle English creme, from Old French craime (from Late Latin crmum, of Celtic origin) and from Old French cresme (from Latin chrsma, an anointing, from Greek khrsma, unguent, from khrein, to anoint; see ghri- in Indo-European roots).]

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cream adj.

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cream

Noun

1. the fatty part of milk, which rises to the top

2. a cosmetic or medication that resembles cream in consistency

3. any of various foods resembling or containing cream

4. the best part of something

5. cream sherry a full-bodied sweet sherry

Adjective

yellowish-white

Verb

1. to beat (foodstuffs) to a light creamy consistency

2. to remove the cream from (milk)

3. to prepare or cook (foodstuffs) with cream or milk

4. cream off to take away the best part of [Late Latin cramum]

creamy adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cream - the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War" pick elite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
	2.	cream - the part of milk containing the butterfat dairy product - milk and butter and cheese clotted cream, Devonshire cream - thick cream made from scalded milk double creme, heavy whipping cream - cream with a fat content of 48% or more heavy cream - contains more than 36% butterfat coffee cream, light cream, single cream - cream that has at least 18% butterfat; "in England they call light cream `single cream'" sour cream, soured cream - artificially soured light cream light whipping cream, whipping cream - cream that has enough butterfat (30% to 36%) to be whipped
	3.	cream - toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin emollient, ointment cold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream - a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin hand cream - moisturizing cream for the hands lanolin - an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep) nard, spikenard - an aromatic ointment used in antiquity sun blocker, sunblock, sunscreen - a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn toilet articles, toiletry - artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body)
Verb	1.	cream - make creamy by beating; "Cream the butter" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" scramble, beat - stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
	2.	cream - beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!" drub, lick, clobber, bat, thrash beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" flail, thrash, lam, thresh - give a thrashing to; beat hard
	3.	cream - put on cream, as on one's face or body; "She creams her face every night" apply, put on - apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
	4.	cream - remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" cream off, skim off, skim remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" cream off, skim off - pick the best
	5.	cream - add cream to one's coffee, for example modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

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cream

noun 1. lotion, ointment, oil, essence, cosmetic, paste, emulsion, salve, liniment, unguent

noun 2. best, elite, prime, pick, flower, crème de la crème (French)

adjective 3. off-white, ivory, yellowish-white see see, shades from black to white

Translations

cream [kriːm] n [of milk] → nata, crema (= lotion); crema;

(fig) → flor f y nata

adj (= colour) → color m crema;

whipped cream → nata batida

cream off vt (fig) [+ best talents, part of profits]; separar lo mejor de

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cream [kriːm] n → crème f

adj [colour] → crème inv;

whipped cream → crème fouettée

cream off vt (fig) → prélever

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cream [kriːm] n → Sahne f, Rahm m (SÜDD);

(artificial cream, cosmetic) → Creme f;

(élite) → Creme f, Elite f

adj → cremefarben;

whipped cream → Schlagsahne f

cream off cream vt → absahnen (inf)

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cream [kriːm] n → crema;

(fresh) → panna

adj [colour] → color crema inv;

whipped cream → panna montata

cream off vt [+ best talents, part of profits] → portarsi via