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
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
Bream, n. Etym: [OE. breme, brem, F. brĂŞme, 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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