cream
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the best people or things in a group
the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
Types & categories
- elite hypernym
Related & opposite
- pick derivation
Sense 2 verb
make creamy by beating
Cream the butter
Types & categories
- scramble hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the part of milk containing the butterfat
Types & categories
- dairy product hypernym
- clotted cream hyponym
- double creme hyponym
- heavy cream hyponym
- light cream hyponym
- sour cream hyponym
- whipping cream hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
We licked the other team on Sunday!
Types & categories
- beat hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
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
Types & categories
- toiletry hypernym
- cold cream hyponym
- hand cream hyponym
- lanolin hyponym
- nard hyponym
- sunscreen hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
put on cream, as on one's face or body
She creams her face every night
Types & categories
- apply hypernym
Related & opposite
- emollient derivation
Sense 7 verb
remove from the surface
skim cream from the surface of milk
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
add cream to one's coffee, for example
Types & categories
- modify hypernym
Related & opposite
- cream derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pick |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | elite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cream |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | scramble |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cream |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cream |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | creamy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dairy product |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clotted cream |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | double creme |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | heavy cream |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | light cream |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sour cream |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whipping cream |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrashing |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | thrash |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | cream |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | emollient |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | toiletry |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cold cream |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hand cream |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | lanolin |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | nard |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sunscreen |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | emollient |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | apply |
| 7 | also see | Related & opposite | cream off |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | skimming |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | skimmer |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | skim |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | cream |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | modify |