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bream

noun
  1. any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales
    freshwater bream
  2. any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
    sea bream
  3. flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
    sea bream
  4. flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
    freshwater bream
verb
  1. to clean a wooden ship's bottom with heat, by softening the pitch before scraping
    “We took the ship in to have it breamed.”