English noun: cream |
1. | cream (group) the best people or things in a group |
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| Samples | The cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War.
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| Synonyms | pick |
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| Broader (hypernym) | elite, elite group |
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2. | cream (food) the part of milk containing the butterfat |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dairy product |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | clotted cream, coffee cream, Devonshire cream, double creme, heavy cream, heavy whipping cream, light cream, light whipping cream, single cream, sour cream, soured cream, whipping cream |
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3. | cream (artifact) 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 |
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| Synonyms | emollient, ointment |
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| Broader (hypernym) | toilet articles, toiletry |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cold cream, coldcream, face cream, hand cream, lanolin, nard, spikenard, sun blocker, sunblock, sunscreen, vanishing cream |
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English verb: cream |
1. | cream (contact) make creamy by beating |
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| Samples | Cream the butter.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | beat, scramble |
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| Domain category | cookery, cooking, preparation |
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2. | cream (contact) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight |
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| Samples | We licked the other team on Sunday!.
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| Synonyms | bat, clobber, drub, lick, thrash |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish |
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| Verb group | flail, lam, thrash, thresh |
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3. | cream (contact) put on cream, as on one's face or body |
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| Samples | She creams her face every night.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | apply, put on |
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4. | cream (contact) remove from the surface |
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| Samples | Skim cream from the surface of milk.
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| Synonyms | cream off, skim, skim off |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
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5. | cream (change) add cream to one's coffee, for example |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | modify |
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