Main Entry: ²cream

Function: verb

Date: 1596

intransitive verb

1 : to form cream or a surface layer like the cream on standing milk
2 : to break into or cause something to break into a creamy froth; also : to move like frothtransitive verb 1 a : skim 1c b : to remove (something choice) from an aggregate <she has creamed off her favorite stories from her earlier books — Times Literary Supplement>
2 : to furnish, prepare, or treat with cream; also : to dress with a cream sauce
3 a : to beat into a creamy froth b : to work or blend to the consistency of cream <cream butter and sugar together> c : to cause to form a surface layer of or like cream
4 a : to defeat decisively <was creamed in the first round> b : wreck <creamed the car on the turnpike> c : to hit with force : smash <the quarterback got creamed by the pass rush>