cream
(krēm)
[Middle English creme, from Old French craime (from Late Latin crāmum, of Celtic origin), and from Old French cresme (from Latin chrīsma, an anointing) (from Greek khrīsma, unguent) (from khrīein, to anoint; see ghrēi-).]
noun
- The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
- Any of various substances resembling or containing cream: hand cream.
- A pale yellow to yellowish white.
- The choicest part: the cream of the crop.
verb: creamed, cream·ing, creams.
intransitive verb
- To form cream.
- To form foam or froth at the top.
transitive verb
- To remove the cream from; skim.
- To take or remove (the best part): creamed off the highest-paying jobs for her cronies.
- To take the best part from: creamed the whole department to form his management team.
- To beat into a creamy consistency.
- To prepare or cook in or with a cream sauce.
- To add cream to.
- Slang
- To defeat overwhelmingly: creamed our rival on their home court.
- To damage severely; destroy: My camera got creamed when I dropped it.
derivatives
- cream
- adjective
