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cream
English
Alternative forms
- creme (14th century onwards)
- creyme (14th-15th centuries)
Etymology
From Middle English creime, creme, from Old French creme, cresme, blend of Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”) (from Ancient Greek ?????? (khrîsma, “unguent”)), and Late Latin cr?mum (“skim”), from Gaulish *crama (compare Welsh cramen (“scab, skin”), Breton crammen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- (compare Middle Irish screm (“surface, skin”), Dutch schram (“abrasion”), Lithuanian kramas (“scurf”)). Doublet of crema and crème. Displaced native Old English r?am (“cream”) (> modern ream).Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" appears from 1581. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. The U.S. standard of identity is from 21 CFR 131.3(a).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?i?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Noun
cream (countable and uncountable, plural creams)
- The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
- (standards of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
- (standards of identity, Britain) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
- (tea and coffee) A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
- A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
- (informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
- 2004, Joey Green, Joey Green's Incredible Country Store, Rodale, ?ISBN, page 267:
- Originally the cream filling in Oreo cookies was made with pork lard.
- 2004, Joey Green, Joey Green's Incredible Country Store, Rodale, ?ISBN, page 267:
- (figuratively) The best part of something.
- 1612, Thomas Shelton (translator), Don Quixote (originally by Miguel de Cervantes)
- Welcome, O flower and cream of Knights-errant.
- 1612, Thomas Shelton (translator), Don Quixote (originally by Miguel de Cervantes)
- (medicine) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
- 1756, Oliver Goldsmith, The Double Transformation
- In vain she tries her paste and creams, / To smooth her skin or hide its seams.
- 1756, Oliver Goldsmith, The Double Transformation
- (vulgar, slang) Semen.
- 2001, Darwin Porter, Hollywood’s Silent Closet: The Lusty Saga of America’s First Star F*#%er!![sic] (novel),[1] Blood Moon Productions, Ltd., ?ISBN, page 155,
- He rode me for ten—or was it fifteen?—minutes before one final fuckthrust that filled me completely with his cream.
- 2003, Dominique Adair, “Two Days, Three Nights” in Tied with a Bow,[2] Ellora’s Cave Publishing, ?ISBN, page 74,
- He tucked his cock into his pants before rubbing his cream into her breasts in slow, teasing strokes.
- 2004, Art Wiederhold, Wild Flowers,[3] iUniverse, ?ISBN, page 158,
- When he did come, he spurted his cream all over the front of Rosalee’s T-shirt and neck.
- 2001, Darwin Porter, Hollywood’s Silent Closet: The Lusty Saga of America’s First Star F*#%er!![sic] (novel),[1] Blood Moon Productions, Ltd., ?ISBN, page 155,
- (obsolete) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
- , Book V:
- there shall never harlot have happe, by the helpe of Oure Lord, to kylle a crowned Kynge that with Creyme is anoynted.
- , Book V:
Synonyms
- crème, creme; ream
Descendants
- ? Chinese: ??, ?? (qílín)
- ? Hindi: ????? (kr?m)
- ? Indonesian: krim
- ? Japanese: ???? (kur?mu)
- ? Korean: ?? (keurim)
- ? Thai: ???? (kriim)
- ? Zulu: ukhilimu
Translations
Adjective
cream (not comparable)
- Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
Synonyms
- crème, creme
Translations
Verb
cream (third-person singular simple present creams, present participle creaming, simple past and past participle creamed)
- To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
- Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.
- To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
- (slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
- We creamed the opposing team!
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
- 1971, Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, “Grease Lightnin’”, Grease
- Danny Zuko: You are supreme / The chicks’ll cream / For grease lightning.
- 1971, Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, “Grease Lightnin’”, Grease
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice).
- (transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
- (transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
- (transitive, figuratively) To take off the best or choicest part of.
- (transitive) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
- 1871, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Real Folks
- creaming the fragrant cups
- 1871, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, Real Folks
- (intransitive) To gather or form cream.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
Anagrams
- Carme, McRae, crame, crema, macer, recam
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kre?am]
Verb
cream
- first-person singular imperfect of crea
- first-person plural imperfect of crea
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offwhite
English
Adjective
offwhite (not comparable)
- Alternative form of off-white
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