cream

cream
cream ⇒ Colours
A n
1 (dairy product) crème f ; strawberries and cream fraises fpl à la crème ;
2 fig the cream of la crème de [students, graduates etc] ; the cream of society fig la crème or la fine fleur de la société ;
3 Cosmet crème f ; sun cream crème solaire ;
4 (soup) cream of crème f or velouté m de [mushroom, chicken, asparagus] ;
5 (chocolate) chocolat m fourré ; (biscuit) biscuit m fourré ; orange cream chocolat or biscuit fourré à l'orange ;
6 (colour) (couleur f) crème m ;
7 (polish) crème f ; shoe cream crème à chaussures.
B modif Culin [cake, bun] à la crème.
C adj (colour) crème inv.
D vtr
1 Culin travailler ; cream the butter and sugar travailler le beurre et le sucre en pâte lisse ; creamed potatoes purée f de pommes de terre ;
2 (skim) écrémer [milk] ;
3 ○ US (thrash) battre [qn] à plates coutures ○ , écraser [opponents].
E ● vi US (climax) jouir ; (become excited) [woman] mouiller ◑ .
Idiom
to look like the cat that's got the cream avoir l'air très content de soi.
Phrasal verb
■ cream off :
▶ cream off [sth], cream [sth] off garder [qch] pour soi [best pupils, profits] ; (illegally) détourner [funds, profits].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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