Meaning of the word bream in English
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bream
US /briːm/
UK /briːm/
Noun
1.
a deep-bodied, high-backed freshwater fish, typically silvery, found in Europe and North America.
Example:
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We caught several large bream in the lake.
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The angler was proud of his record-breaking bream catch.
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Verb
1.
to clean the bottom of a ship by heating it and scraping off the accumulated marine growth.
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The crew worked tirelessly to bream the hull of the old vessel.
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Before drydocking, they planned to bream the ship thoroughly.
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