bream
bream · breams · breamed · breaming
To clean by the application of fire and scrapingTo clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
US/bɹˈim/
» They went fishing for bream.
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1 sensesTo clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.
clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
Examples
1 sentencesThey went fishing for bream.
Origin
Compare broom, and German brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen).Compare broom, and German brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen).
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Forms
breams, breaming, breamed, breamedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle