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BREAM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis

Synonyms:

bream; freshwater bream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bream" is a kind of...):

centrarchid; sunfish (small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed)

Meronyms (parts of "bream"):

bream; freshwater bream (flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bream"):

Abramis brama; European bream (European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food)

bluegill; Lepomis macrochirus (important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States)

Lepomis punctatus; spotted sunfish; stumpknocker (inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish)

Holonyms ("bream" is a member of...):

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae

Synonyms:

bream; sea bream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bream" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Meronyms (parts of "bream"):

bream; sea bream (flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bream"):

Brama raii; pomfret (deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food)

porgy (important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide)

European sea bream; Pagellus centrodontus (food fish of European coastal waters)

Archosargus rhomboidalis; Atlantic sea bream (sea bream of warm Atlantic waters)

black bream; Chrysophrys australis (important dark-colored edible food and game fish of Australia)

Holonyms ("bream" is a member of...):

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae

Synonyms:

bream; sea bream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("bream" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("bream" is a part of...):

bream; sea bream (any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe

Synonyms:

bream; freshwater bream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("bream" is a kind of...):

freshwater fish (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)

Holonyms ("bream" is a part of...):

bream; freshwater bream (any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clean (a ship's bottom) with heat

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bream" is one way to...):

clean; make clean (make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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