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Definition of Bream

1. Verb. Clean (a ship's bottom) with heat.

2. Noun. Flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe.

3. Noun. Flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae.

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

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

Definition of Bream

1. n. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.

2. v. t. To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.

Definition of Bream

1. Noun. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus ''Abramis'', little valued as food. Several species are known. ¹

2. Noun. (British) A species in that genus, ''Abramis brama''. ¹

3. Noun. An American fresh-water fish, of various species of ''Pomotis'' and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. ¹

4. Noun. A marine sparoid fish of the genus ''Pagellus'', and allied genera. See sea bream. ¹

5. Verb. (nautical) To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bream

1. to clean a ship's bottom [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Bream

1. 1. A European fresh water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known. 2. An American fresh water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish. 3. A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream. Origin: OE. Breme, brem, F. Breme, OF. Bresme, of German origin; cf. OHG. Brahsema, brahsina, OLG. Bressemo, G. Brassen. Cf. Brasse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Bream

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States, and British by Henry William Herbert (1849)
"American bream. THE bream of America, of which there are several inferior species, like the others of this family which I have enumerated, never grows to ..."

2. Yorke the Adventurer, and Other Stories by Louis Becke (1901)
"In shape the black bream is exactly as his brighter- hued brother, but his scales are of a dark colour, like partially tarnished silver ; he is broader and ..."

3. The Book of the Thames: From Its Rise to Its Fall by Samuel Carter Hall (1877)
"The bream (Abramis brama) inhabits most of the lakes and rivers of England, ... The bream is often killed in large numbers, and frequently of weight between ..."

4. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"bream FISHING. The fish under notice is tolerably well known to anglers, ... In colour, bream vary considerably; and there seems to be two distinct classes ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Thomas Harvey Coldwell, Tennessee Supreme Court (1869)
"Philip bream, Adm'r, »t. RL Brown et als. Act of 1823, ch. ... Mrs. bream, plaintiff intestate, being sick, sent a written prescription, prepared by a ..."

6. Sea fishing by John Bickerdyke, Viscount Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe, William Senior (1895)
"There are several varieties of bream found in salt water, ... It does not swim in such large shoals as the common bream, but otherwise in its habits closely ..."

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