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Noun cream has 3 senses
- cream, pick - the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
--1 is a kind of elite, elite group
- cream - the part of milk containing the butterfat
--2 is a kind of dairy product
--2 has particulars:
- cream, ointment, emollient - toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
--3 is a kind of toiletry, toilet article, toiletries
--3 has particulars:
Verb cream has 4 senses
- cream - make creamy by beating; "Cream the butter"
--1 is one way to beat, scramble
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- cream - put on cream, as on one's face or body; "She creams her face every night"
--2 is one way to put on, apply
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- skim, skim off, cream off, cream - remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
--3 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
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- cream - add cream to one's coffee, for example
--4 is one way to modify
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