[
US
/ˈkɹim/
]
[ UK /kɹˈiːm/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈiːm/ ]
VERB
-
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
We licked the other team on Sunday! - add cream to one's coffee, for example
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remove from the surface
skim cream from the surface of milk -
put on cream, as on one's face or body
She creams her face every night -
make creamy by beating
Cream the butter
NOUN
- the part of milk containing the butterfat
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the best people or things in a group
the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War - 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
How To Use cream In A Sentence
- Oh - and I want a food mixer of some sort, because creaming butter and sugar by hand is not a lot of fun.
- The cream is easily absorbed into the skin.
- (Not to be confused with what we call cookies)To serve Devon, or Cornwall clotted cream would desecrate a good southern biscuit (and be a waste of the cream really, I prefer it on saffron buns)a bit of plain cream, fresh butter, and cane syrup poured over a hot biscuit is ambrosia. Scones, Cream and Jam - a West Country cream tea
- The cream is easily absorbed into the skin.
- The hummus was creamy with tahini and lemon, although the pittas were a bit dry.
- We had an ice-cream and a little play on the slide and climbing frame.
- There are even a couple of creamy comforting Iberian desserts for afters.
- This was a sad day indeed for the big bad wolf of the banking world, and not just because it must forego those rich pickings it planned to cream off from two billion cash machine transactions a year.
- Somewhere in the far regions of her mind a voice was screaming warnings.
- For a picnic, chill the strawberries and cream separately, take them along in a cool box, and assemble them on site.