English-Thai Dictionary

bream

N ปลา ทะเลช นิดหนึ่ง  pla-tha-le-cha-nid-nueng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BREAM

n.A fish, the Cyprinus brama, an inhabitant of lakes and deep water, extremely insipid and little valued.

 

BREAM

v.t.In sea language, to burn off the filth, such as grass, sea week, ooze, etc. , from a ship's bottom.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BREAM

Bream, n. Etym: [OE. breme, brem, F. brême, OF. bresme, of German origin; cf. OHG. brahsema, brahsina, OLG. bressemo, G. brassen. Cf. Brasse. ]

 

1. (Zoöl )

 

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

 

2. (Zoöl )

 

Defn: An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.

 

3. (Zoöl )

 

Defn: A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.

 

BREAM

Bream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Breaming.] Etym: [Cf. Broom, and G. ein schiff brennen. ] (Naut. )

 

Defn: To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc. , by the application of fire and scraping.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bream

bream 1 |brim, brēm brim | ▶noun ( pl. same ) a greenish-bronze deep-bodied freshwater fish native to Europe, popular with anglers. [Abramis brama, family Cyprinidae. ] • used in names of other fishes resembling or related to this, e.g., sea bream. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French bresme, of Germanic origin; related to German Brachsen, Brassen .

 

bream

bream 2 |brēm brim | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Nautical, archaic clear (a ship or its bottom ) of weeds, shells, or other accumulated matter by burning and scraping it. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: probably of Low German origin and related to broom .

 

Bream, Julian

Bream |briːm | (b.1933 ), English guitarist and lute player; full name Julian Alexander Bream. He formed the Julian Bream Consort for the performance of early consort music and revived and edited much early music. Britten, Walton, and others composed works for him.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bream

bream 1 |briːm | ▶noun ( pl. same ) a greenish-bronze deep-bodied freshwater fish native to Europe. ●Abramis brama, family Cyprinidae. • used in names of other fishes resembling or related to the bream, e.g. sea bream, Ray's bream. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French bresme, of Germanic origin; related to German Brachsen, Brassen .

 

bream

bream 2 |briːm | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Nautical, archaic clear (a ship or its bottom ) of weeds, shells, or other accumulated matter by burning and scraping it. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: probably of Low German origin and related to broom .

 

Bream, Julian

Bream |briːm | (b.1933 ), English guitarist and lute player; full name Julian Alexander Bream. He formed the Julian Bream Consort for the performance of early consort music and revived and edited much early music. Britten, Walton, and others composed works for him.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bream

bream /briːm /名詞 複 ～, ～s C 1 〘魚 〙(コイ科などの )扁平 （へんぺい ）な淡水魚の総称 .2 タイ科の海魚の総称 (sea bream ).