cream | English to English Dictionary

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cream

(kr/i/m )

the best people or things in a group(noun.group)

Example:
The cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War.

Synonym:
pick

source: wordnet30
the part of milk containing the butterfat(noun.food)

source: wordnet30
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(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
emollient, ointment

source: wordnet30
The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.(noun)

source: webster1913

make creamy by beating(verb.contact)

Example:
Cream the butter.

source: wordnet30
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight(verb.contact)

Synonym:
bat, clobber, drub, lick, thrash

source: wordnet30
put on cream, as on one's face or body(verb.contact)

Example:
She creams her face every night.

source: wordnet30
remove from the surface(verb.contact)

Example:
Skim cream from the surface of milk.

Synonym:
cream off, skim, skim off

source: wordnet30
add cream to one's coffee, for example(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.(verb)

source: webster1913
To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.(verb)

source: webster1913

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