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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

cream [kriːm] n → crème f

adj [colour] → crème inv;

whipped cream → crème fouettée

cream off vt (fig) → prélever

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)

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

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cream

n cream [kriːm]

1 the yellowish-white oily substance that forms on the top of milk, and from which butter and cheese are made. roomقِشْدَهкаймакsmetanaflødeder Rahm, die Sahneκαϊμάκι, πέτσαnatakoorخامهkermacrèmeשָׁמֶנֶתमलाई, सर्वोत्म अंश, सारvrhnjetejszínkrimrjómicrema, pannaクリーム(우유의) 크림grietinėlė, grietinėkrējumskrimroomfløteśmietananatasmân­tânăсливкиsmotanasmetanapavlakagräddeครีมkaymak, krema奶油вершкиملائى، بالائىkem奶油

2 any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream ice-cream; face-cream.romerigدُهون، مُسَحْضَر تَجْميليсметанаkrémcreme; -creme; fløde-die Cremeκρέμαcremajäätis, kreemهر چیز خامه ای یا خامه مانندjäätelö, voidecrèmeקָצֶפֶתएक प्रकार की सौन्दर्यवर्धक वस्तुkremakrémkrimís; kremcremaクリーム製品크림이 든［크림 모양의］ 것kremassaldējumskrimcra-krem, fløte-śmietanka, mleczko, lodycremecremăкремkrémsladoled; kremakremkrämสิ่งที่ประกอบหรือมีลักษณะเป็นครีมkremaya benzer şey含奶油的食品кремملائى س‍ے بنى هوئى كوئى چيزloại thực phẩm có hoặc giốngnhư kem含奶油的食品

3 the best part; the top people the cream of the medical profession.beste, keurصَفْوَة المُجْتَمَـعпрен. каймакsmetánkade bedste; samfundets bedste: elitendie Eliteαφρόκρεμαla crema, la flor y natakoor, koorekihtسرآمد؛ نخبهkermacrèmeמֵיטַב הַ-बेहतरीन व्यक्ति या हिस्साkrema, vrhvminek a legjava/krémjeyang terbaikúrvalið, besti hlutinncrema最上の部分제일 좋은 것, 알짜grietinėlė(kaut kā) labākā daļa; augstākās aprindaskedudukan teratascrakremen (av), toppen (av)śmietanka towarzyska, kwiatnatacremăцвет; сливкиsmotánkasmetanacvetgräddaส่วนที่ดีที่สุดkaymak tabaka精華щось добірне; найкращі людиبهترين حص‍ہ، لب لبابtinh hoa精华

4 (also adjective) (of) a yellowish-white colour cream paint.roomkleurأصفَر اللوْنс кремав цвятkrémová barvaflødefarvet; cremefarvetcremfarbenκρεμcremakoorekarvaرنگ کرمkermanvärinencrèmeצֶבָע קְרֵםहल्का पीलाkremkrémszínűkremkremlitaður, rjómagulur(color) cremaクリーム色크림색(의)kreminė spalvakrējuma-; krēmkrāsas-warna krimcrakremfarge(t)kremowycreme(de culoare) cremкремовый (цвет)krémová farbakremžutobeokrämfärgadสีครีม; สีนวลkrem rengi奶油色，米色кремового кольоруایک قسم كا رنگ، هلكا زردى مائل رنگmàu kem奶油色，米色

v

1 to make into a cream-like mixture Cream the eggs, butter and sugar together.romerigيَدهَن، يَمزج باللون الأصفَرразбивам(u)třít (těsto)røre sammen til en cremeschaumig rührenχτυπώ, ανακατεύωbatirvahustamaخامه مانند کردنvaahdottaabattreלְהַקצִיףफेंटनाistući u kremufelvermengocokþeyta samanfare la spumaクリーム状にする크림처럼 만들다išmaišyti, išsuktisakult; saputotcampuran membuat krimkloppenrøre sammen, røre hvittucieraćbater em cremea bateсбиватьvymiešaťumešatiumutitiröra, vispaทำให้เป็นครีมkrema haline getirmek, çırpmak使成奶油狀збиватиملائى جيسى شيء تيار كرناlàm thành kem使成奶油状

2 to take the cream off She creamed the milk.afroom, ontroomيقشِد الحليب، يُزيل القشْـدهобирам каймакsbírat smetanuskumme (fløden)absahnenβγάζω το καϊμάκιdesnatar, descremarkoorimaخامه گرفتنkuoriaécrémerלְהָפרִיד שָׁמֶנֶתदूध से मलाई निकालनाobratilefölözmengambil kepala susufleyta rjóma ofan afscremareクリームを取る크림을 떠내다nugriebti grietinę nuonokrejotmenambah krimafromenskumme (av fløten)zbierać śmietanę zdesnatara lua caimacul (de pe)снимать сливкиzobrať smotanuposnetiskinuti pavlakuskummaตักส่วนข้นหรือครีมออกkaymağını almak從牛奶中提取奶油збирати вершкиملائى نكالناtrộn从牛奶中提取奶油

3 (with off) to select (the best) The best pupils will be creamed off for special training.room, crème, besteيأخُذ الصّفْوَهселектирамvybrathåndplukkeabschöpfenεπιλέγω την αφρόκρεμαseleccionar (a)los mejores, cribarvälja valimaانتخاب کردنvalitaécrémerלִבחוֹר אֶת הַמֵיטָבचुननाodabrati najboljelefölözmemilihvelja úrselezionare選り抜く알짜를 뽑다atrinktiatsijāt labākodipilihselecterenplukke utwyselekcjonowaćseleccionara se­lectaзабирать лучшееvybraťposneti smetanoprobratita ut det bästa avเลือกส่วนที่ดีที่สุดออกไปen iyisini seçmek/almak選拔відбиратиانتخاب كرناgạn lấy选拔

adj ˈcreamy

1 full of, or like, cream creamy milk.romerigقِشْدي، دَسِم، مليء بالقِشْدهс много каймакsmetanový, krémovýcremet; flødeagtigcremigπου είναι σαν κρέμαcremosokoorene, kooretaolineپر خامهkermainencrémeuxמוּקרָםमलाईदार, उत्तमmastan, pun vrhnjatejszínszerű; krémszerűseperti krimrjómakenndurcremosoクリームの多い크림이 든, 크림 같은su grietinėle, riebuskrējumainsberkrimromigkrem(aktig), fløte(aktig)śmietankowy, z dużą ilością śmietanycremososmântânos; cu cremăсливочный; жирныйsmotanovýpoln smetanepunomastangräddig, krämigที่เป็นครีมkaymaklı, kremalı含大量奶油的вершковий; кремоподібнийملائى دار، بالائى دارtrông giống như kem含大量奶油的

2 smooth and white a creamy complexion.romigناعِم وأبيَض، قِشْدي اللوْنмлеченhebký, sametovýsilkeblød; flødeagtigweichλείος και άσπροςde porcelanakoorekarvaخامه مانندmaidonvalkeaveloutéבְּצֶבָע קְרֵםसफेदgladak, bijel (put)elefántcsont színűhalussilkimjúkurmorbido, vellutatoなめらかな희고 매끈한lygus ir baltasbalts un glāsmainsputih dan halusroomachtigsilkemykt, fløteaktigaksamitnycremosocatifelatбелокожийhebký; bielygladek in belkrem bojemjuk och fylligมีสีครีมkrem gibi yumuşak奶油色的кремовийچكنا سفيدmịn奶油色的

n ˈcreaminess

romerigheidقِشْديَّة ، دَسَميَّـهмекотаhebkostdet at være cremet; det at være flødeagtigdie Weichheitλεία υφή και λευκή όψηcremosidad, suavidadkooretaolisusخامه مانندیkermamaisuusveloutéקְרֵמִיוּתमलाईपनglatkoća, bjelinabő tejszíntartalom; bársonyosság; krémszerűségkehalusansilkimÿktmorbidezzaクリーム状희고 매끈함panašumas į grietinėlę ar kremąkrējumainībakehalusanromigheiddet å være silkemykaksamitnośćsuavidadecatifelareжирность (молока)hebkosťmazavostkremastostgräddighet, krämighetความข้นเหมือนครีมyumuşaklık奶油色кремоподібна консистенціяبالائى كا ساsự có nhiều kem奶油色

cream of tartar

an ingredient in baking powder. kremetartزُبْدَة الطَّرطـيـرкремотартарvinný kámenvinstender Weinsteinσυστατικό αραβοσιτάλευρουcrémor tártaroviinakiviپتاسیم بی تارتراتviinikivicrème de tartreקְרֶם טַרטָרबेकिंग पाउडर का एक अवयवvinski kamen, sriježtisztított borkőkrim tartarvínsteinsduftcremore di tartaro酒石英주석산 수소 칼륨kalio vandenilio tartratas, vyno akmuovīnakmenskrim tartarcremon tartaricremor tartari, vinsteinwinian potasuingredient în praful de coptвинный каменьvínny kameňvinski kamentartar sosส่วนประกอบในผงฟูkrem tartar酒石винний каміньپاؤڈر بنان‍ے می‍ں استعمال هونيوالى ايک چیزmột chất trong bột nở酒石