cream
1. the best people or things in a group (Freq. 2)
- the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
• Syn:
pick
• Derivationally related forms:
pick (for: pick)
• Hypernyms:
elite, elite group
2. the part of milk containing the butterfat
• Derivationally related forms:
creamy
• Hypernyms:
dairy product
• Hyponyms:
clotted cream, Devonshire cream, double creme, heavy whipping cream, heavy cream,
heavy cream, coffee cream, single cream, sour cream, soured cream,
whipping cream, light whipping cream
3. 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
• Syn:
ointment, emollient
• Derivationally related forms:
emollient (for: emollient)
• Hypernyms:
toiletry, toilet articles
• Hyponyms:
cold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream, hand cream,
lanolin, nard, spikenard, sunscreen, sunblock, sun blocker
1. make creamy by beating
- Cream the butter
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
beat, scramble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- We licked the other team on Sunday!
• Syn:
bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
• Derivationally related forms:
thrashing (for: thrash), drubbing (for: drub)
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Verb Group:
thrash, thresh, lam, flail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. put on cream, as on one's face or body
- She creams her face every night
• Hypernyms:
put on, apply
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. remove from the surface
- skim cream from the surface of milk
• Syn:
skim, skim off, cream off
• See Also:
cream off, skim off (for: skim)
• Derivationally related forms:
skim (for: skim), skimmer (for: skim), skimming (for: skim)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. add cream to one's coffee, for example
• Hypernyms:
modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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