bream
noun
- species of freshwater and marine fish
verb
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Pronunciation: /bɹiːm/ / /bɹɪm/ / /bɹim/
name
Etymology: English surname, from an obsolete derivative of the root of the noun broom. Also from the adjective breme (“famous”). Compare the spelling variant Braham.
- A surname.
- A village in West Dean parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6005).
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
noun
Etymology: From 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.
- A 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.
verb
Etymology: Compare broom, and German brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen).
- To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.