Definition of cream

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cream    (krm) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
   2. Any of various substances resembling or containing cream: hand cream.
2. A pale yellow to yellowish white.
3. The choicest part: the cream of the crop.

VERB:
creamed, cream·ing, creams
VERB:
intr.

1. To form cream.
2. To form foam or froth at the top.

VERB:
tr.

1. To remove the cream from; skim.
2. 1. To take or remove (the best part): creamed off the highest-paying jobs for her cronies.
   2. To take the best part from: creamed the whole department to form his management team.
3. To beat into a creamy consistency.
4. To prepare or cook in or with a cream sauce.
5. To add cream to.
6. Slang
   1. To defeat overwhelmingly: creamed our rival on their home court.
   2. To damage severely; destroy: My camera got creamed when I dropped it.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English creme, from Old French craime (from Late Latin crmum, of Celtic origin), and from Old French cresme (from Latin chrsma, an anointing, from Greek khrsma, unguent, from khrein, to anoint; see ghri- in Indo-European roots)

OTHER FORMS:
cream(Adjective)