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cream

Nouns

• (n) the best people or things in a group
  • the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
  pick,
• (n) the part of milk containing the butterfat
• (n) 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 emollient, ointment,

Verbs

• (v) make creamy by beating
  • Cream the butter
• (v) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
  • We licked the other team on Sunday!
  drub, lick, clobber, bat, thrash,
• (v) put on cream, as on one's face or body
  • She creams her face every night
• (v) remove from the surface
  • skim cream from the surface of milk
  cream off, skim off, skim,
• (v) add cream to one's coffee, for example

Synonyms

pick drub lick clobber bat thrash emollient ointment cream off skim off skim

See also

cream off skim off

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