noun
- plural of bream; freshwater or marine fish with deep, flattened bodies
verb
- third person singular present of bream; to clean a ship’s bottom by burning off seaweed and barnacles
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The fisherman caught several breams in the lake.
- Breams are popular among anglers for their fighting spirit.
- The restaurant serves grilled breams with lemon sauce.
- He breams the ship’s hull every few months.
- The crew breams the vessel before each long voyage.
- Fresh breams were displayed at the fish market.
- The captain breams his boat to improve its speed.