BREAMED

Verb

breamed

simple past tense and past participle of bream

Anagrams

• ambered, bedream

Source: Wiktionary


BREAM

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

1. (Zoƶl)

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

2. (Zoƶl)

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

3. (Zoƶl)

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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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; ā€œAs a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguousā€- Mario Vargas Llosa


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