Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
CREAM
I. noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English creime, creme, from Anglo-French creme, cresme, from Late Latin cramum, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh cramen scab, crust
Date: 14th century
the yellowish part of milk containing from 18 to about 40 percent butterfat,
2. a food prepared with cream, something having the consistency of cream, the choicest part ; best , creamer 1,
5. a pale yellow, a cream-colored animal,
II. verb
Date: 1596
intransitive verb to form cream or a surface layer like the cream on standing milk, to break into or cause something to break into a creamy froth, transitive verb
1. skim 1c, to remove (something choice) from an aggregate , to furnish, prepare, or treat with cream,
3. to beat into a creamy froth, to work or blend to the consistency of cream , to cause to form a surface layer of or like cream,
4. to defeat decisively , wreck , to hit with force ; smash