What is "cream"

Cream \Cream\ (kr[=e]m), n. [F. cr[^e]me, perh. fr. LL. crema cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin to cremare to burn.]

1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.

2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface. [R.]

3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.

4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.

   In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams.
   --Goldsmith.

5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures. Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant. --Shelton. Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips. Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added. Cream gauge, an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise. Cream nut, the Brazil nut. Cream of lime.

   1. A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air.

   2. A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water.

      Cream of tartar (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the surface of the liquor in the process of purification by recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; -- called also potassium bitartrate, acid potassium tartrate, etc.

Cream \Cream\, v. i. To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.

There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pool.
--Shak.

Cream \Cream\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Creamed (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. Creaming.]

1. To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.

2. To take off the best or choicest part of.

3. To furnish with, or as with, cream.

   Creaming the fragrant cups.
   --Mrs. Whitney.

   To cream butter (Cooking), to rub, stir, or beat, butter till it is of a light creamy consistency.

early 14c., creyme, from Old French cresme (13c., Modern French crème) "chrism, holy oil," blend of Late Latin chrisma "ointment" (from Greek khrisma "unguent;" see chrism) and Late Latin cramum "cream," which is perhaps from Gaulish. Replaced Old English ream. Re-borrowed 19c. from French as creme. Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" is from 1580s. Cream-cheese is from 1580s.

mid-15c., "to foam," from cream (n.). Meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. Related: Creamed; creaming.

1. Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour. n. 1 The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. 2 # (label en standard of identity US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat. 3 # (label en standard of identity UK) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream). 4 A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream. 5 (label en informal) frosting, custard, creamer(,) or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream. 6 (label en figuratively) The best part of something. 7 (label en medicine) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment) 8 (label en vulgar slang) semen. 9 (label en obsolete) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies. v

2. 1 To puree, to blend with a liquifying process. 2 To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream. 3 (context slang English) To obliterate, to defeat decisively. 4 (context intransitive vulgar slang English) To ejaculate (qualifier: used of either gender). 5 (context transitive vulgar slang English) To ejaculate in (clothing). 6 (context transitive cooking English) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency. 7 (context transitive English) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream. 8 (context transitive figurative English) To take off the best or choicest part of. 9 (context transitive English) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.

1. n. the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War" [syn: pick]

2. the part of milk containing the butterfat

3. toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin [syn: ointment, emollient]

1. v. make creamy by beating; "Cream the butter"

2. put on cream, as on one's face or body; "She creams her face every night"

3. remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" [syn: skim, skim off, cream off]

4. add cream to one's coffee, for example

Cream is the colour of the cream produced by cattle grazing on natural pasture with plants rich in yellow carotenoid pigments, some of which are incorporated into the light, to give a yellow tone to white. Cream is the pastel colour of yellow, much like as pink is to red. By mixing yellow and white, cream can be produced.

The first recorded use of cream as a colour name in English was in 1590.

Cream is a dairy product.

Cream may also refer to:

CREAM (Cognitive Reliability Error Analysis Method) is a human reliability analysis technique developed by Erik Hollnagel. It is a bi-directional analysis method, meant to be used for both performance prediction and accident analysis. Unlike first generation error analysis methods like THERP, CREAM represents a second generation tool allowing for better analysis by abandoning the hierarchical structure of previous methods and providing better separation between objective and subjective error.

CREAM is a technique used in the field of human reliability assessment (HRA), for the purposes of evaluating the probability of a human error occurring throughout the completion of a specific task. From such analyses measures can then be taken to reduce the likelihood of errors occurring within a system and therefore lead to an improvement in the overall levels of safety. There exist three primary reasons for conducting an HRA; error identification, error quantification and error reduction. As there exist a number of techniques used for such purposes, they can be split into one of two classifications; first generation techniques and second generation techniques. First generation techniques work on the basis of the simple dichotomy of ‘fits/doesn’t fit’ in the matching of the error situation in context with related error identification and quantification and second generation techniques are more theory based in their assessment and quantification of errors. HRA techniques have been utilised in a range of industries including healthcare, engineering, nuclear, transportation and business sector; each technique has varying uses within different disciplines.

CREAM is a second generation HRA method. However compared to many other such methods, it takes a very different approach to modelling human reliability. There are two versions of the technique, the basic and the extended version, both of which have in common two primary features; ability to identify the importance of human performance in a given context and a helpful cognitive model and associated framework, usable for both prospective and retrospective analysis. Prospective analysis allows likely human errors to be identified while retrospective analysis quantifies errors that have already occurred.

The concept of cognition is included in the model through use of four basic ‘control modes’ which identify differing levels of control that an operator has in a given context and the characteristics which highlight the occurrence of distinct conditions. The control modes which may occur are as follows:

• Scrambled control: the choice of the forthcoming action is unpredictable or haphazard. The situation in question may be portraying rapid alterations in unexpected ways thus eliminating the operator’s ability or opportunity to make deductions about the next action required.
• Opportunistic control: the next action is determined by superficial characteristics of the situation, possibly through habit or similarity matching. The situation is characterised by lack of planning and this may possibly be due to the lack of available time.
• Tactical control: performance typically follows planned procedures while some ad hoc deviations are still possible.
• Strategic control: plentiful time is available to consider actions to be taken in the light of wider objectives to be fulfilled and within the given context.

The particular control mode determines the level of reliability that can be expected in a particular setting and this is in turn determined by the collective characteristics of the relevant Common Performance Conditions (CPCs).

Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup power trio consisting of bassist/singer Jack Bruce, drummer Ginger Baker, and guitarist/singer Eric Clapton. Their unique sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues rock, hard rock and psychedelic rock, combining psychedelia themes, Clapton's blues guitar playing, Bruce's powerful, versatile vocals and prominent bass playing, Baker's distinctive, pulsating, jazz-influenced drumming and Pete Brown's poetic lyrics. The group's third album, Wheels of Fire (1968), was the world's first platinum-selling double album. The band is widely regarded as the world's first successful supergroup. In their career, they sold more than 15 million copies of their albums worldwide. Their music included songs based on traditional blues such as " Crossroads" and " Spoonful", and modern blues such as " Born Under a Bad Sign", as well as more eccentric songs such as " Strange Brew", " Tales of Brave Ulysses" and " Toad".

The band's biggest hits are " I Feel Free" (UK, number 11), " Sunshine of Your Love" (US, number 5), " White Room" (US, number 6), " Crossroads" (US, number 28), and " Badge" (UK, number 18). The band made a significant impact on the popular music of the time, and, along with Jimi Hendrix and other notable guitarists and bands, popularised the use of the wah-wah pedal. They provided a heavy yet technically proficient musical theme that foreshadowed and influenced the emergence of British bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Jeff Beck Group, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. The band's live performances influenced progressive rock acts such as Rush. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. They were included in both Rolling Stone and VH1's lists of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time," at number 67 and 61 respectively. They were also ranked number 16 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".

"Cream" is a 1999 single released by Blank & Jones which reached #24 in the UK Charts.

Cream is an LP released by Sandra Collins, in 2001. It was released on the Kinetic Records label.

Kim Ki Seok (Hangul: 김기석; born February 14, 1990) better known by his stage name Young Cream (or simply "Cream"), is a South Korean rapper and beatboxer. He is best known as a member of a South Korean K-pop hip-hop group, M.I.B (band) as a rapper of the group. He made his recording debut with the single, "Do You Like Me" just before his debut as a member of M.I.B (band) He is currently signed under Jungle Entertainment.

Cream, based at the Nation nightclub in Liverpool, is one of the best-known night clubs in the world. Cream began life as a weekly house music night at Nation, and ran in this format for over 10 years, from October 1992 to June 2002. Over the ten years of weekly Saturday nights at Nation, the club played host to many international DJ superstars, including Paul Oakenfold (who was resident DJ throughout 1997 and 1998), Paul van Dyk, Carl Cox, Sasha, Roger Sanchez, Graeme Park, Andy Weatherall plus early exclusive DJ sets from The Chemical Brothers.

Cream is a configuration of the Vim text editor that consists of a set of scripts which can be run within Vim to make it behave more like an editor now common to most personal computers which conform to the Common User Access standards of interface and operability.

Through pulldown menus, keyboard shortcuts, and extensive editing functions, Cream tries to make Vim more approachable for novice users and adds features for those more experienced. These are provided through Vim's extensibility, without any special customizations to Vim itself.

Cream's name is a play on the idea of the coffee tamper: Both soften something stronger and more sophisticated, and neither can stand alone.

"Cream" is a song by Prince and The New Power Generation, from the 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls. Prince states that he wrote the song while standing in front of a mirror.

The single's B-side, "Horny Pony", a rap song which was replaced on Diamonds and Pearls at the last minute by "Gett Off", was re-used from the " Gett Off" single. "Cream" was also released as a maxi-single EP with remixes and songs/raps loosely based on "Cream". The EP was notable for including several prank telephone conversations.

In the UK, "Gangster Glam" was an additional B-side on the 12"/CD maxi single. In Japan, an EP was released with the tracks from the US maxi single, and four tracks from the US "Gett Off" maxi single. "Cream" was Prince's fifth and last number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, and was Prince's only Hot 100 number-one single that was not associated with a movie. The song was featured in an episode of the BBC Two comedy Rev.

A cream is a topical preparation usually for application to the skin. Creams for application to mucous membranes such as those of the rectum or vagina are also used. Creams may be considered pharmaceutical products as even cosmetic creams are based on techniques developed by pharmacy and unmedicated creams are highly used in a variety of skin conditions (dermatoses). The use of the Finger tip unit concept may be helpful in guiding how much topical cream is required to cover different areas.

Creams are semi-solid emulsions of oil and water. They are divided into two types: oil-in-water (O/W) creams which are composed of small droplets of oil dispersed in a continuous phase, and water-in-oil (W/O) creams which are composed of small droplets of water dispersed in a continuous oily phase. Oil-in-water creams are more comfortable and cosmetically acceptable as they are less greasy and more easily washed off using water. Water-in-oil creams are more difficult to handle but many drugs which are incorporated into creams are hydrophobic and will be released more readily from a water-in-oil cream than an oil-in-water cream. Water-in-oil creams are also more moisturising as they provide an oily barrier which reduces water loss from the stratum corneum, the outermost layer of the skin.

Cream (stylized as CREAM) is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of singer-songwriter Minami and rapper/track-maker Staxx T. Their musical style is influenced by hip-hop, pop, rock, and electronic dance music (EDM) -- which they collectively refer to as "new jpop." The group takes its name from a fusion of the words "creative" and "team". The group creates their music by having Minami compose a song's lyrics in English, after which point Staxx T translates it into Japanese.

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Cream is a feature film starring Bruce Jones and Jack Marsden. The film was written and directed by Asa Bailey.