Main Entry:

²cream

Function:

verb

Date:

1596

intransitive verb

1: to form cream or a surface layer like the cream on standing milk2: to break into or cause something to break into a creamy froth ; also : to move like frothtransitive verb1 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 sauce3 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 cream4 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>