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cream

 
Noun cream has 3 senses
  1. cream, pick - the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
    --1 is a kind of elite, elite group
  2. cream - the part of milk containing the butterfat
    --2 is a kind of
    dairy product
    --2 has particulars:
     clotted cream, Devonshire cream; double creme, heavy whipping cream; heavy cream; light cream, coffee cream, single cream; sour cream, soured cream; whipping cream, light whipping cream
    Derived forms: verb cream4, verb cream1
  3. cream, ointment, emollient - toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
    --3 is a kind of toiletry, toilet article, toiletries
    --3 has particulars:
     cold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream; hand cream; lanolin; nard, spikenard; sunscreen, sunblock, sun blocker
    Derived form: verb cream2
Verb cream has 4 senses
  1. cream - make creamy by beating; "Cream the butter"
    --1 is one way to
    beat, scramble
    Derived form: noun cream2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. cream - put on cream, as on one's face or body; "She creams her face every night"
    --2 is one way to
    put on, apply
    Derived form: noun cream3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. skim, skim off, cream off, cream - remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
    --3 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. cream - add cream to one's coffee, for example
    --4 is one way to
    modify
    Derived form: noun cream2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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