cream

[kreem]
noun
1.
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
2.
a soft solid or thick liquid containing medicaments or other specific ingredients, applied externally for a prophylactic, therapeutic, or cosmetic purpose.
3.
Usually, creams. a soft-centered confection of fondant or fudge coated with chocolate.
4.
a purée or soup containing cream or milk: cream of tomato soup.
5.
the best part of anything: the cream of society.
6.
a yellowish white; light tint of yellow or buff.
verb (used without object)
7.
to form cream.
8.
to froth; foam.
9.
Informal. to advance or favor only the wealthiest, most skilled or talented, etc., especially so as to reap the benefits oneself: Management is creaming by advancing only the most productive workers.
10.
Also, cream one's jeans. Slang: Vulgar.
a.
to have an orgasm, especially to ejaculate or experience glandular lubrication of the vagina.
b.
to be overcome, as in rapturous admiration or delight.
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verb (used with object)
11.
to work (butter and sugar, or the like) to a smooth, creamy mass.
12.
to prepare (chicken, oysters, vegetables, etc.) with cream, milk, or a cream sauce.
13.
to allow (milk) to form cream.
14.
to skim (milk).
15.
to separate as cream.
16.
to take the cream or best part of.
17.
to use a cosmetic cream on.
18.
to add cream to (tea, coffee, etc.).
19.
Slang.
a.
to beat or damage severely; lambaste.
b.
to defeat decisively.
c.
to accomplish, especially to pass (a test or course), with great ease and success: She creamed the math test, getting the highest grade in the class.
adjective
20.
of the color cream; cream-colored.
Idioms
21.
cream of the crop, the best or choicest: a college that accepts only students who are the cream of the crop.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English creme < Anglo-French, Old French cresme < Late Latin chrīsma chrism

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cream (kriːm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  a.  the fatty part of milk, which rises to the top if the milk is allowed to stand
 b.  (as modifier): cream buns
2.  anything resembling cream in consistency: shoe cream; beauty cream
3.  the best one or most essential part of something; pick: the cream of the bunch; the cream of the joke
4.  a soup containing cream or milk: cream of chicken soup
5.  any of various dishes, cakes, biscuits, etc, resembling or containing cream
6.  a confection made of fondant or soft fudge, often covered in chocolate
7.  cream sherry a full-bodied sweet sherry
8.  a.  a yellowish-white colour
 b.  (as adjective): cream wallpaper
 
—vb (sometimes foll by off)
9.  (tr) to skim or otherwise separate the cream from (milk)
10.  (tr) to beat (foodstuffs, esp butter and sugar) to a light creamy consistency
11.  (intr) to form cream
12.  (tr) to add or apply cream or any creamlike substance to: to cream one's face; to cream coffee
13.  to take away the best part of
14.  (tr) to prepare or cook (vegetables, chicken, etc) with cream or milk
15.  to allow (milk) to form a layer of cream on its surface or (of milk) to form such a layer
16.  slang chiefly (US), (Canadian), (Austral) (tr) to beat thoroughly
17.  slang (intr) (of a man) to ejaculate during orgasm
 
[C14: from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crāmum cream, of Celtic origin; influenced by Church Latin chrisma unction, chrism]
 
'creamlike
 
—adj

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Word Origin & History

cream
early 14c., from O.Fr. cresme, blend of L.L. chrisma "ointment" (from Gk. chrisma "unguent"), and L.L. cramum "cream," perhaps from Gaulish. Replaced O.E. ream. Re-borrowed from Fr. 19c., as creme. Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" is from 1580s. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck"
is 1929, U.S. colloquial. Related: Creamy (c.1600). Cream-cheese is from 1580s. Creampuff, in fig. sense of "weakling, sissy" is recorded from 1930s.
"I remember my first campaign. My opponent called me a cream puff. That's what he said. Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me." [Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., 1987]
As a salesman's word, "something that is a tremendous bargain," it is from 1940s.
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Medical Dictionary

cream (krēm)
n.

  1. The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.

  2. A pharmaceutical preparation consisting of a semisolid emulsion of either the oil-in-water or the water-in-oil type, ordinarily intended for topical use.

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Slang Dictionary

cream definition


  1. tv.
    to beat someone; to outscore someone. : The other team creamed us, but we had better team spirit.

  2. semen. (Usually objectionable.) : His father found some cream in the john and went into a purple rage.
  3. in. & tv.
    to ejaculate [semen]. (See cream (in)one's pants.) : He creamed right on the floor.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Coconut milk can also serve as the base of non-dairy ice creams for those
  lactose intolerant ice cream lovers.
In a large bowl, beat the heavy cream on medium-high speed with an electric
  mixer until it starts to stiffen.
And then all of a sudden, the sour cream was churned into butter.
Its sturdy texture and lightly sour flavor provide the perfect pairing for a
  thick schmear of cream cheese or sweet butter.
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