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bream 1 [brim, breem] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural (especially collectively) bream, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) breams. any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales. any of various related and similar fishes. any of several porgies, as the sea bream, Archosargus rhomboidalis. any of several freshwater sunfishes of the genus Lepomis. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of bream 1 1350–1400; Middle English breme Anglo-French; Old French bresme, braisme Old Low Franconian *brahsima; compare Old High German brahsema, Dutch brasem bream 2 [breem] verb (used with object) Nautical. to clean (a ship’s bottom) by applying burning furze, reeds, etc., to soften the pitch and loosen adherent matter. Origin of bream 2 1620–30; Middle Dutch brem(e) furze Bream [breem] noun Julian (Alexander),born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for bream Contemporary Examples of bream
We have in multiple requests,” Bream answered meekly, “and when it comes in, we’ll let you know.
Lloyd Grove
October 30, 2009
Historical Examples of bream
He clung to a hope that Bream Mortimer at least would receive him fittingly.
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Coming suddenly out of the night it affected Bream painfully.
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Bream’s bedroom, he knew, was the one just off the next landing.
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
I am engaged to Bream Mortimer, and I love him and nobody else in the world!
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
“He won’t have forgotten you,” said Bream Mortimer, confidently.
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
British Dictionary definitions for bream bream 1 Australian brim (brɪm) noun plural bream or brim any of several Eurasian freshwater cyprinid fishes of the genus Abramis, esp A. brama, having a deep compressed body covered with silvery scales white bream or silver bream a similar cyprinid, Blicca bjoerkna short for sea bream Australian any of various marine fishes Word Origin for bream C14: from Old French bresme, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German brahsema; perhaps related to brehan to glitter bream 2 verb nautical (formerly) to clean debris from (the bottom of a vessel) by heating to soften the pitch Word Origin for bream C15: probably from Middle Dutch bremme broom; from using burning broom as a source of heat Bream noun Julian (Alexander). born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for bream n.
freshwater fish, late 14c., from Old French braisme “bream,” from Frankish *brahsima, from West Germanic *brahsm- (cf. Old High German brahsima), perhaps from Proto-Germanic base *brehwan “to shine, glitter, sparkle,” from PIE *bherek- (see braid (v.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
