The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface, Any of various substances resembling or containing cream, The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence, intransitive verb_ To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle, To beat into a creamy consistency, transitive verb_ To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream, To take off the best or choicest part of, To furnish with, or as with, cream