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| cream [ kreem ] |
noun (plural creams) |
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1. fatty part of milk: a high-fat liquid product separated from milk. Use: in cooking, accompaniment to desserts.
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2. creamy food: a food that contains cream or has a consistency like cream
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3. creamy lotion: a cosmetic or medicinal preparation that has a thick smooth consistency like cream
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4. best part: the best part of something
  the cream of society
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5. yellow-tinged white: an off-white colour with a yellow tinge
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6. soft-centred chocolate: a chocolate with a soft smooth filling
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verb (3rd person present singular creams, present participle creaming, past and past participle creamed) |
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transitive verb Australia defeat somebody: to defeat somebody thoroughly in a competition or fight
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adjective |
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white with some yellow: of a yellowish-white colour
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verb (3rd person present singular creams, present participle creaming, past and past participle creamed) |
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1. transitive verb combine ingredients: to mix ingredients together to soften and combine them
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2. transitive verb prepare something with cream: to add cream to something while cooking it or on serving it
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3. transitive and intransitive verb form foam on top: to form a frothy layer resembling cream on the surface of a liquid, or cause such a layer to form
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4. transitive verb remove cream from milk: to separate the cream from milk
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5. transitive and intransitive verb form cream: to form cream, or allow milk to form cream
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6. transitive verb Australia defeat somebody: to defeat somebody thoroughly
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We creamed them!
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7. transitive and intransitive verb taboo term: a highly offensive term meaning to ejaculate
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taboo
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| [14th century. < French creme, blend of late Latin cramum + ecclesiastical Latin chrisma 'ointment' (< Greek khrisma)] |
