/bɹiːm/, /bɹɪm/, /bɹim/
OriginFrom Middle English breme, from Old French breme, bresme, braisme, brasme (whence French brème), from Frankish *brahsma, *brahsima (whence Dutch brasem), from Proto-West Germanic *brahsmō (whence Old High German brahsma, brahsmo, brahsina, brehsina (whence German Brasse, Brachse (“bream”))), from Proto-Germanic *brahsmô, *brahsinō, *brahsmaz (“bream”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brehwanaz (“shining, glittery, sparkly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerek- (“to shine”) (see braid (verb)).
- A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
- BritishA species in that genus, Abramis brama.
- 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.
- To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
- countable, uncountableA surname.
- countable, uncountableA village in West Dean parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6005).
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Formsbream(plural) · breams(plural) · breams(present, singular, third-person) · breaming(participle, present) · breamed(participle, past) · breamed(past) · Breams(plural)