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   cream

   /kriːm/

   noun

   • 1. the thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid which rises to the top when milk is left to stand and which can be eaten as an accompaniment to desserts or used as a cooking ingredient: "strawberries and cream"
   • ▪ the part of a liquid that gathers at the top: "the tank contains 24,000 gallons of cream and 12,000 gallons of serum"
   • ▪ a sauce, soup, dessert, or other dish containing cream or having a creamy consistency: "a tin of cream of mushroom soup"
   • ▪ a sweet of a specified flavour which is creamy in texture: "a peppermint cream"
   • ▪ a biscuit with a creamy filling: "a custard cream"
   • 2. a thick liquid or semi-solid cosmetic or medical preparation applied to the skin: "shaving cream" Similar lotionointmentrubcosmeticapplicationpreparationemollientmoisturizerpastegelsalveunguentembrocationbalmlinimentpomadearchaic:unction
   • 3. the very best of a group of people or things: "the paper's readership is the cream of American society" Similar bestfinestfirst classtopchoicechoicestflowerprizetreasurepearlgemjewelthe jewel in the crownthe crème de la crèmeA-listeliteelectnonpareilinformal:topspick of the bunchOpposite dregs
   • 4. a very pale yellow or off-white colour: "the dress is available in white or cream"

   verb

   • 1. work (two or more ingredients, typically butter and sugar) together to form a creamy paste: "you cream the butter first and then add the egg yolks"
   • ▪ add cream to (coffee): "she poured Jack a coffee and creamed and sugared it"
   • 2. rub a cosmetic cream into (the skin): "Madge was creaming her face in front of the mirror"
   • 3. defeat (someone) heavily in a sporting contest: informal North American "on paper, England should have creamed Scotland"
   • ▪ collide heavily with (someone), especially in a car: "she got creamed by a speeding car"
   • 4. (of a person) be sexually aroused to the point of producing sexual secretions. vulgar slang
   • ▪ moisten (one's underpants) due to sexual arousal.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cresme, from a blend of late Latin cramum (probably of Gaulish origin) and ecclesiastical Latin chrisma (see chrism).

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