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1. The part of milk containing the butterfat
    
2. 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
   - ointment, emollient
    
3. The best people or things in a group
   "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War";
   - pick
    
4. An off-white, very pale yellow colour

1. (cooking) make creamy by beating
   "Cream the butter"
    
2. Put on cream, as on one's face or body
   "She creams her face every night"
    
3. Remove from the surface
   "skim cream from the surface of milk"; "skim off cream from the surface of milk";
   - skim, skim off, cream off
    
4. Add cream to one's coffee, for example
    
5. [informal] Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
   "We creamed the other team on Sunday!";
   - bat, clobber [informal], drub, thrash [informal], lick [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], wipe the floor [informal], paste [informal], beat hollow [informal], whale [N. Amer, informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], muller [Brit, informal], blow away [informal], slaughter [informal], tromp [N. Amer, informal], trounce

1. Having the colour of fresh cream
   - cream-colored [US], creamy-colored [US], creamy-white, cream-coloured [Brit, Cdn], creamy-coloured [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: creaming, creamed, creams

See also: colored [US], colorful [US], coloured [Brit, Cdn], colourful [Brit, Cdn], skim off

Type of: apply, beat, beat out, crush, dairy product, elite, élite [Brit], elite group, modify, put on, remove, scramble, shell, take, take away, toilet articles, toiletry, trounce, vanquish, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Cream, Wisconsin