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cream (iou)



cream verb. [kri:m] LME.
[from CREAM noun2.]
verb intrans.
a. Of a liquid: form a scum or frothy layer on the surface; foam. LME.
b. Of milk: form cream. L16.
c. Of an emulsion or suspension: form cream, separate into cream and another layer. E20.
verb trans. Separate as cream; take the best or any specified part of; gather as the cream. Usu. foll. by off. E17.
A. Bevan The industrialists..were not prepared to allow any substantial part of their profits to be creamed off for welfare expenditure. Times Educational Supplement Creaming is another potential problem: do the magnet schools attract the most able staff and pupils to the detriment of other schools in the area?
verb trans. Skim the cream from the surface of (milk). E18.
verb trans. Make or flavour with cream; prepare (fish, chicken, etc.) in a cream sauce. Chiefly as creamed ppl adjective. M18.
verb trans. & intrans. Add cream to (tea, coffee, etc.). E19.
verb trans.
a. Cause or allow (milk, an emulsion or suspension) to form cream. L19.
b. Work (butter and sugar, mashed potatoes and milk, etc.) into a creamy consistency. L19.
D. Canfield You put the silver around, while I cream the potatoes.
c. Defeat heavily; ruin, wreck. colloq. (orig. US). E20.
verb trans. Treat (the skin) with a cosmetic cream. E20.