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The Meaning of bream

  • (n.) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
  • (n.) An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.
  • (n.) A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.
  • (v. t.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.

Synonyms

freshwater bream , sea bream , sea bream , freshwater bream

Rhymes

academe , agleam , avrim , basim , beahm , beam , beem , bireme , bleam , bloodstream , chromakalim , cream , creme , daelim , daydream , deam , deem , diehm , downstream , dream , episteme , esteem , extreme , fleam , gleam , gleim , greim , grieme , hakim , hapoalim , haradim , ibrahim , joachim , karim , keim , liem , mainstream , maxime , midstream , mneme , moonbeam , passim , pezim , priem , raheem , rahim , ream , redeem , regime , reim , sarofim , scheme , scream , seam , seem , sephardim , siem , steam , stream , sunbeam , supreme , team , teem , theme , thieme , upstream , vadim , ziehm