BREAM

bream, sea bream

(noun) flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae

bream, freshwater bream

(noun) flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe

bream

(verb) clean (a ship’s bottom) with heat

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

bream (plural bream or breams)

A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

(British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama.

Synonym: carp bream

An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.

A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera.

Etymology 2

Verb

bream (third-person singular simple present breams, present participle breaming, simple past and past participle breamed)

(nautical) To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.

Anagrams

• Amber, Brame, amber, bemar, brame, embar

Source: Wiktionary

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Bream, n. Etym: [OE. breme, brem, F. brême, OF. bresme, of German origin; cf. OHG. brahsema, brahsina, OLG. bressemo, G. brassen. Cf. Brasse.]

1. (Zoöl)

Definition: A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

2. (Zoöl)

Definition: An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.

3. (Zoöl)

Definition: A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.

Bream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Breaming.] Etym: [Cf. Broom, and G. ein schiff brennen.] (Naut.)

Definition: To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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