cream
verb/kriːm/
/kriːm/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they cream | /kriːm/ /kriːm/ |
| he / she / it creams | /kriːmz/ /kriːmz/ |
| past simple creamed | /kriːmd/ /kriːmd/ |
| past participle creamed | /kriːmd/ /kriːmd/ |
| -ing form creaming | /ˈkriːmɪŋ/ /ˈkriːmɪŋ/ |
- cream something (together) to mix things together into a soft smooth mixture
- Cream the butter and sugar together.
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- cream somebody (North American English, informal) to completely defeat somebody
- We got creamed in the first round.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cresme, from a blend of late Latin cramum (probably of Gaulish origin) and ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Greek khrisma ‘anointing’, from khriein ‘anoint’.
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