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1 обирам
1. rob (s.o. of s.th.). plunderпрен. fleece, rookобирам къща burgle a houseобирам всичко make a clean sweep2. (плод и пр.) pickобирам овощно дърво strip a tree of fruitобирам каймака skim the milk, take the cream off, прен. skim the cream offобирам каймака на cream (и прен.)обирам трохи pick up crumbsобирам с езика си gather up with o.'s tongueобирам парсата вж. парсаобирам си крушите вж. крушаобирам лаврите вж. лавра* * *обѝрам,гл.1. rob (s.o. of s.th.), plunder; разг. skin; прен. fleece, rook; \обирам всичко make a clean sweep; ( при хазарт) sweep the board; \обирам къща burgle a house;2. ( плод и пр.) pick; \обирам каймака skim the milk, take the cream off; прен. skim the cream off; cream (и прен.); \обирам овощно дърво strip a tree of fruit; \обирам с езика си gather up with o.’s tongue; \обирам трохи pick up crumbs; • \обирам лаврите gain/win laurels, разг. hit the headlines; \обирам парсата take the gate-money; \обирам си крушите hop/beat it, be off, scram, амер. light out; обра ми точките жарг. I was bowled over.* * *rob; plunder; strip s.o. of his money* * *1. (плод и пр.) pick 2. rob (s.o. of s.th.). plunder 3. ОБИРАМ всичко make a clean sweep 4. ОБИРАМ каймака skim the milk, take the cream off, прен. skim the cream off 5. ОБИРАМ каймака на cream (и прен.) 6. ОБИРАМ къща burgle a house 7. ОБИРАМ лаврите вж. лавра 8. ОБИРАМ овощно дърво strip a tree of fruit 9. ОБИРАМ парсата вж. парса 10. ОБИРАМ с езика си gather up with o.'s tongue 11. ОБИРАМ си крушите вж. круша 12. ОБИРАМ трохи pick up crumbs 13. прен. fleece, rook -
2 Rahm
m; -(e)s, kein Pl. cream; den Rahm abschöpfen skim off the cream, cream off the top of the milk; fig. skim ( oder cream) off the best, take the pick of the bunch umg., Am. auch cherry-pick* * *der Rahmcream* * *[raːm]m -(e)s, no pl (dial)creamSee:* * *<-[e]s>[ra:m]▶ [für sich akk] den \Rahm abschöpfen (fam) to cream off the best [or take the pickings] [for oneself]* * *der; Rahm[e]s (bes. südd., österr., schweiz.) cream; s. auch abschöpfen* * *den Rahm abschöpfen skim off the cream, cream off the top of the milk; fig skim ( oder cream) off the best, take the pick of the bunch umg, US auch cherry-pick* * *der; Rahm[e]s (bes. südd., österr., schweiz.) cream; s. auch abschöpfen* * *nur sing. m.cream n. -
3 обера
вж. обирам* * *обера̀,обѝрам гл.1. rob (s.o. of s.th.), plunder; разг. skin; прен. fleece, rook; \обера всичко make a clean sweep; ( при хазарт) sweep the board; \обера къща burgle a house;2. ( плод и пр.) pick; \обера каймака skim the milk, take the cream off; прен. skim the cream off; cream (и прен.); \обера овощно дърво strip a tree of fruit; \обера с езика си gather up with o.’s tongue; \обера трохи pick up crumbs; • \обера лаврите gain/win laurels, разг. hit the headlines; \обера парсата take the gate-money; \обера си крушите hop/beat it, be off, scram, амер. light out; обра ми точките жарг. I was bowled over.* * *вж. обирам -
4 a lua caimacul
to skim the cream off smth.to take the caketo cream off / to skim (the milk). -
5 снимать сливки
снятый латекс; латекс без "сливок" — skim milk
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6 skumme fløten
skim the cream off the milk -
7 leche
f.milk.leche de coco coconut milkleche condensada condensed milkleche descremada o desnatada skimmed milkleche entera full cream milk, whole milkleche esterilizada/homogeneizada sterilized/homogenized milkleche merengada = drink made from milk, egg whites, sugar and cinnamonleche pasteurizada pasteurized milkleche en polvo powdered milkleche UHT UHT milkpres.subj.1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: lechar.* * *1 milk■ no corras tanto que nos vamos a dar una leche don't drive so fast, we're going to crash3 tabú (fastidio) drag, bastard, bummer■ ¡qué mala leche, mira que perder el avión! what rotten luck, fancy missing the plane!■ ¡qué leche tienes hijo! you jammy bugger!\a toda leche familiar at full belt, flat outde la leche argot bloody, bleeding, friggingestar de mala leche familiar to be in a foul moodmás blanco,-a que la leche as white as a sheetser la leche tabú to be bloody incredibletener mala leche familiar (mal carácter) to have a foul temper 2 (malicia - hombre) to be a bastard 3 (- mujer) to be a bitchleche condensada condensed milkleche descremada skimmed milkleche desnatada skimmed milkleche entera whole milkleche en polvo powdered milkleche materna mother's milkleche merengada iced drink made from milk, egg whites and sugar, flavoured with cinnamon* * *noun f.* * *SF1) [de mamífero] milkcafé con leche — white coffee, coffee with milk
leche completa — full-cream milk, whole milk
leche de larga duración, leche de larga vida — long-life milk
leche descremada, leche desnatada — skimmed milk
leche entera — full-cream milk, whole milk
leche frita — dessert made of milk thickened with flour, coated with egg and fried
leche sin desnatar — Esp whole milk
leche UHT — long-life milk, UHT milk
3) (=loción)leche hidratante — moisturizer, moisturizing lotion
leche limpiadora — cleanser, cleansing milk
4) *** (=semen) cum ***, spunk ***5) ** (=golpe)¡te voy a dar una leche! — I'll thump you! *
se liaron a leches — they laid into each other *, they started swinging at each other *
6)ser la leche ** (=el colmo) —
cantando es la leche — (=bueno) when he sings he's a bloody marvel **; (=malo) when he sings he's bloody awful **
nunca se acuerdan de llamar, ¡son la leche! — they never think to call, they're unbelievable!
7) ** [como interjección]¡leche! — hell!, shit! ***
¡leches! — (=ni hablar) no way! *, get away!
8) ** [con valor enfático]•
de la leche — ** bloody **¡este tráfico de la leche me tiene frita! — I'm fed up with this bloody traffic!
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ni leche o leches, no entiende ni leche — he doesn't understand a bloody thing **•
qué leche, ¿qué leche quieres? — what the hell do you want? **¡qué coche ni qué leche! — car my foot! *
9) [indicando velocidad]10)• mala leche — ** bad blood, ill-feeling
aquí hay mucha mala leche — there's a lot of bad blood o ill-feeling here
un tío con muy o mucha mala leche — a nasty piece of work *
11) ** (=lío)tuvimos que rellenar informes, impresos y toda esa leche — we had to fill in reports, forms and all that jazz *
12) esp LAm (=suerte) good luck¡qué leche tienes! — you lucky o jammy * devil!
* * *1) (de madre, de vaca) milk2) (Bot) latex; ( en cosmética) milk, lotion3) (vulg) ( semen) cum (vulg)4) (Esp vulg)a) ( mal humor)b) (expresando fastidio, mal humor)no seas pesado, leche — don't be so goddamn (AmE) o (BrE) bloody annoying (sl)
5) (Andes fam) ( suerte) luckestar con or de leche — to be lucky
* * *= milk.Ex. The former monthly publications on statistics of eggs, meat and milk have been amalgamated since 1980 into a quarterly publication, 'Animal Production'.----* cartón de leche = milk carton.* darse una leche = come + a cropper.* de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.* grasa de la leche = milk fat, butterfat.* la leche = the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers.* leche condensada = condensed milk.* leche del día = fresh milk.* leche de paloma = crop milk.* leche desnadata = skimmed milk.* leche desnatada = skim milk, nonfat milk.* leche de soja = soya milk [soy milk].* leche de vaca = cow's milk [cow milk].* leche en polvo = dry milk, powder milk, powdered milk, milk powder.* leche en polvo desnatada = nonfat dry milk.* leche enriquecida = fortified milk.* leche entera = whole milk.* leche evaporada = evaporated milk.* leche materna = breast milk.* leche semidesnatada = low-fat milk, partly skimmed milk, semi-skimmed milk.* leche uperizada = UHT milk.* mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.* nata de la leche = milk fat, butterfat.* no vendas la leche antes de ordeñar la vaca = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.* repartidor de leche = milkman [milkmen, -pl.].* reparto de leche = milk round.* salir echando leches = bolt, take off, make + a bolt for, dash off, shoot off.* vaca dedicada a la producción de leche = milk-producing cow.* * *1) (de madre, de vaca) milk2) (Bot) latex; ( en cosmética) milk, lotion3) (vulg) ( semen) cum (vulg)4) (Esp vulg)a) ( mal humor)b) (expresando fastidio, mal humor)no seas pesado, leche — don't be so goddamn (AmE) o (BrE) bloody annoying (sl)
5) (Andes fam) ( suerte) luckestar con or de leche — to be lucky
* * *= milk.Ex: The former monthly publications on statistics of eggs, meat and milk have been amalgamated since 1980 into a quarterly publication, 'Animal Production'.
* cartón de leche = milk carton.* darse una leche = come + a cropper.* de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.* grasa de la leche = milk fat, butterfat.* la leche = the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers.* leche condensada = condensed milk.* leche del día = fresh milk.* leche de paloma = crop milk.* leche desnadata = skimmed milk.* leche desnatada = skim milk, nonfat milk.* leche de soja = soya milk [soy milk].* leche de vaca = cow's milk [cow milk].* leche en polvo = dry milk, powder milk, powdered milk, milk powder.* leche en polvo desnatada = nonfat dry milk.* leche enriquecida = fortified milk.* leche entera = whole milk.* leche evaporada = evaporated milk.* leche materna = breast milk.* leche semidesnatada = low-fat milk, partly skimmed milk, semi-skimmed milk.* leche uperizada = UHT milk.* mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.* nata de la leche = milk fat, butterfat.* no vendas la leche antes de ordeñar la vaca = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.* repartidor de leche = milkman [milkmen, -pl.].* reparto de leche = milk round.* salir echando leches = bolt, take off, make + a bolt for, dash off, shoot off.* vaca dedicada a la producción de leche = milk-producing cow.* * *A (de la madre, de una vaca) milkleche materna mother's milkleche de vaca/cabra cow's/goat's milkla leche se ha cortado the milk has gone offmás blanco que la leche as white as a sheet¡me cago en la leche! ( vulg) (expresando enfado) shit! ( vulg), damn it! ( colloq) (expresando sorpresa) son of a bitch! ( AmE sl), bloody hell! ( BrE sl)Compuestos:● leche chocoleatada or chocolatadachocolate milkcondensed milkmilk of magnesia● leche desnatada or descremadapowdered milkwhole milk, full-cream milksterilized milkhomogenized milk( Col) malted milktype of ice cream made with egg whites, cinnamon and sugarpasteurized milkB1 ( Bot) milky sap, latex2 (en cosmética) milk, lotionCompuestos:tanning lotion o milk● leche de almendras/pepinosalmond/cucumber lotionmoisturizing lotion, moisturizercleansing milk1(golpe): nos vamos a dar una leche we're going to crashse liaron a leches they beat the hell out of each other (sl)23 ( como interj):4de la leche ( arg): hace un frío de la leche it's goddamn freezing ( AmE), it's bloody freezing ( BrE colloq)estoy harta de ese pesado de la leche I'm fed up with that boring old fart (sl)5se han vuelto a equivocar, son la leche they've got it wrong again, they're the pits o ( BrE) they're bloody useless ( colloq)1(mal humor): tiene una leche … he's so bad-tempered, he's got a foul temper2(expresando fastidio, mal humor): ¿qué leches pintas tú en este asunto? what the hell has this got to do with you? ( colloq)pídele que te lo devuelva ¡qué leches! ask her to damn well give it back to you ( colloq)* * *
leche sustantivo femenino
1 (de madre, de vaca) milk;
leche descremada or (Esp) desnatada skim milk (AmE), skimmed milk (BrE);
leche entera whole milk, full-cream milk
2 ( en cosmética) milk, lotion
3 (Esp vulg) ( mal humor):◊ tiene una leche … he's got a foul temper;
hacer algo con mala leche to do sth deliberately o to be nasty;
tener mala leche to be bad-tempered
4 (Andes fam) ( suerte) luck;
estar con or de leche to be lucky
leche sustantivo femenino
1 milk
leche descremada o desnatada, skim o skimmed milk
leche entera, full-fat milk, US whole milk
2 Cosm milk, cream
leche corporal, body milk
leche hidratante, moisturizer
3 Anat dientes de leche, milk teeth, US baby teeth
4 familiar mala leche, nastiness
5 vulgar (golpe) bump
darse una leche, to bump o to come a cropper
' leche' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bautizar
- bronceador
- bronceadora
- café
- cagarse
- calentar
- chocolate
- colar
- colador
- cortada
- cortado
- cortarse
- cuajar
- de
- derramar
- desmaquillador
- desmaquilladora
- desnatada
- desnatado
- diente
- grumo
- hervir
- infinitamente
- manteca
- mojar
- nata
- polvo
- producir
- suero
- uperisada
- uperisado
- uperizada
- uperizado
- agriarse
- aguado
- aguar
- alimento
- ama
- arroz
- azucarar
- batido
- bueno
- cantina
- cartón
- cortar
- crema
- dulce
- estropear
- hervidor
- lactancia
English:
attested milk
- bad
- boil over
- buttermilk
- carton
- chocolate
- cleansing lotion
- clot
- coffee
- container
- cream
- curdle
- dried
- evaporated milk
- for
- fridge
- intolerance
- milk
- milk chocolate
- milk tooth
- milk-white
- milky
- mix
- much
- nonfat
- off
- powdered
- pudding
- put
- remember
- rice pudding
- semi-skimmed
- skim
- skin
- sour
- turn
- white
- black
- bottle
- cleanser
- condensed
- creamer
- dark
- dash
- drink
- float
- fudge
- half
- none
- plain
* * *leche nf1. [de mujer, hembra] milk;leche de cabra/vaca goat's/cow's milkleche condensada condensed milk;leche descremada skimmed milk;leche desnatada skimmed milk;leche entera whole milk, Br full-cream milk;leche esterilizada sterilized milk;leche evaporada evaporated milk;leche frita = sweet made from milk and flour fried in batter and cut into cubes;leche homogeneizada homogenized milk;Am leche instantánea powdered milk;leche malteada malted milk;leche materna mother's milk;leche merengada = drink made from milk, beaten egg whites, sugar and cinnamon;leche pasteurizada pasteurized milk;leche en polvo powdered milk;leche de soja soya milk;leche UHT UHT milk;leche uperisada UHT milk2. [de planta] milk, milky sapleche de almendras almond milk;leche de coco coconut milkleche hidratante moisturizing lotion;leche limpiadora cleansing milk;leche de magnesia milk of magnesiacomo no te calles te voy a dar una leche if you don't shut up I'm going to sock you one;nos liamos a leches we beat the crap out of each other9. CompEsp muy Famechando leches like a bat out of hell, flat out;correr/trabajar a toda leche [muy rápido] to run/work like hell;¡esto es la leche! [el colmo] this is the absolute Br bloody o US goddamn limit!;eres la leche, ¿por qué no me avisaste antes? you're Br bloody o US goddamn unbelievable, why didn't you tell me before?;[muy malo] her new record sucks, Br her new record is crap;¿cuándo/qué/por qué leches…? when/what/why the hell…?;¡una leche! no way!;¡me cago en la leche! Br bloody hell!, US goddamn it!;ya te he dicho que no, ¡leche! Br Jesus bloody Christ, haven't I already said no?, US I've already said no, goddamn it!;prepara unas paellas de la leche Br she cooks a bloody mean paella, US she sure as hell cooks a mean paella;* * *f milk;estar de mala leche pop be in a foul mood;tener mala leche pop be out to make trouble;tener leche L.Am. fam be lucky* * *leche nf1) : milkleche en polvo: powdered milkleche de magnesia: milk of magnesia2) : milky sap* * *leche n milk -
8 absahnen
(trennb., hat -ge-)I v/t1. (entrahmen) skim, cream2. umg., fig. cream offII v/i umg., fig. cream ( oder siphon) off the profits allg., bei etw. ordentlich absahnen (really) make a killing in s.th.; den Markt absahnen take the pick of the bunch, cherry-pick* * *ạb|sah|nen ['apzaːnən] sep1. vtMilch to skim; (fig inf) Geld to rake in; (= sich verschaffen) to cream off; das Beste to takeden Markt absahnen — to take the cream, to take the pick of the bunch
2. vito skim milk; (fig inf) to take the best; (in Bezug auf Menschen) to take the cream or the best; (in Bezug auf Geld) to clean up (inf)* * *(to take the cream off: She creamed the milk.) cream* * *ab|sah·nenI. vt2. KOCHKMilch \absahnen to skim milkII. vi▪ [bei jdm] \absahnen to cream off [from sb]2. KOCHK to skim* * *1.(ugs.) intransitives Verb make a killing (coll.)2.transitives Verb50 000 Euro absahnen — pocket 50,000 euros
* * *absahnen (trennb, hat -ge-)A. v/t1. (entrahmen) skim, cream2. umg, fig cream offbei etwas ordentlich absahnen (really) make a killing in sth;den Markt absahnen take the pick of the bunch, cherry-pick* * *1.(ugs.) intransitives Verb make a killing (coll.)2.transitives Verb50 000 Euro absahnen — pocket 50,000 euros
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9 écrémer
écrémer [ekʀeme]➭ TABLE 6 transitive verba. [+ lait] to skim* * *ekʀeme1) to skim [lait]2) to cream off the best of [candidats]* * *ekʀeme1. vt1) [lait] to skim2) fig (= dépouiller des meilleurs éléments) to cream off the best from2. vi(= faire un tri) to make a selection* * *écrémer verb table: céder vtr2 ( sélectionner) to cream off [candidats]; écrémer une collection d'art to sell the finest works in a collection.[ekreme] verbe transitif3. [sélectionner] to cream off (separable) -
10 снимать
1. lift2. skin off3. kill4. withdraw5. demount6. dismount7. dismounted8. dismounting9. doffстаскивать, снимать; срывать — to pull off
раздеваться, снимать одежду — peel off
срывать, обрывать, снимать — pick off
10. skimmed11. skimming12. take a pictureснимать; подниматься — take off
13. take offснимать; снять — skin off
снимать; стягивать — draw off
14. unhang15. unhung16. unload17. take; remove; discard; dismiss; withdraw; cut; rent; photograph; reap; gather cancel; strike off; deprive; releaseпроизводить отсчет; снимать показания — take the readings
снимать в масштабе 1:2 — to photograph to half scale
18. duplicate19. gather20. put offубирать, уносить, снимать — take off
снимать, стаскивать — to pull off
21. shoot22. skim23. take downпроизводить съёмку, снимать — to take pictures
снимать; фотографировать — take a picture
Синонимический ряд:1. сбивать (глаг.) сбивать; сваливать; ссаживать; сшибать2. смещать (глаг.) освобождать; отстранять; смещать3. убирать (глаг.) убирать4. фотографировать (глаг.) фотографировать; щелкатьАнтонимический ряд: -
11 сливки
мн.cream sgко́фе со сли́вками — coffee with cream
снима́ть сли́вки с молока́ — skim milk, take the cream off milk
пастеризо́ванные сли́вки — pasteurized [-tə-] cream
сби́тые сли́вки — whipped cream
••сли́вки о́бщества — the cream of society
снима́ть сли́вки (с рд.; брать лучшее) — skim the cream (off)
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мн.cream sg.снимать сливки с молока — skim milk, take* the cream off milk
снимать сливки (с рд.; перен.) — skim the cream (off)
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13 снимать
снять (вн.)1. (в разн. знач.) take* (away) (d.); (об одежде, обуви и т. п.) take* off (d.); (об одежде тж.) lay* off (d.); ( сверху) take* down (d.)снимать шляпу — take* one's hat off; (для приветствия тж.) lift one's hat
не снимать шляпу — keep* / leave* one's hat on
снимать сливки с молока — skim milk, take* the cream off milk
снимать сливки (с рд.; перен.) — skim the cream (off)
снимать нагар со свечи — snuff a candle
снимать урожай — gather in, или reap, the harvest
снимать богатый урожай — gather in, или reap, an abundant harvest
снимать маску (с рд.) — unmask (d.); ( с себя) take* off one's mask
снимать с крючка — take* off a hook (d.)
снимать дверь с петель — take* a door off its hinges
снимать пьесу ( с репертуара) — take* a play off
снимать корабль с мели — get* a ship off, refloat a ship; set* a ship afloat
снимать войска с фронта — withdraw* troops from the front
снимать запрещение — remove a ban
снимать с учёта — strike* / cross of the register (d.); drop from the roster (d.)
снимать с кого-л. ответственность — relieve smb. of responsibility
снимать взыскание — remit a punishment
снимать своё предложение — withdraw* one's motion
снимать с кого-л. показания — take* (down) smb.'s evidence; interrogate smb.
снимать показания (рд.; счётчика, прибора) — read* (d.)
снимать копию с чего-л. — make* a copy of smth., copy smth.
снимать мерку с кого-л. — take* smb.'s measurements
2. ( точно воспроизводить) make* (d.), take* (d.); ( фотографировать) photograph (d.), take* a photograph (of)снимать копию с документа — make* a copy of a document
снимать план — make* a plan
снимать фильм — shoot* a film
снимать в аренду — lease (d.), take* on lease (d.)
4. карт.:снимать колоду — cut* the cards
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14 снять сливки с молока
General subject: skim milk, skim the cream from the milk, skim the cream off the milkУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > снять сливки с молока
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15 skumme
foam, froth, skim* * *I. vb( om sæbe) foam, lather;(om vin etc) sparkle,F effervesce,( om sodavand) fizz;( om hest) foam, be in a lather;( af raseri) foam (with rage),T fume (with rage);(se også skummende).II. vb(mælk etc) skim;( af mælken) skim the cream off the milk;(fig: tage det bedste) cream off the best part ( fx the grammar schools creamed off the best pupils). -
16 снимать сливки с молока
1) General subject: skim milk, skim the cream from the milk2) Food industry: skim the cream offУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > снимать сливки с молока
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мн. ч.cream; elite перен.снимать сливки с молока — to skim milk, to take the cream off milk
сливки для взбивания — double cream, whipping cream
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18 вершки
мн.(прям. і перен.) cream sg.збирати вершки — to take the cream off milk; перен. to skim the cream off
См. также в других словарях:
cream off — verb 1. remove from the surface skim cream from the surface of milk • Syn: ↑skim, ↑skim off, ↑cream • See Also: ↑cream off (for: ↑cream), ↑skim off … Useful english dictionary
skim the cream off the milk — remove the cream from the top of the milk … English contemporary dictionary
skim — /skim/, v., skimmed, skimming, n. v.t. 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk. 2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk. 3. to move or glide lightly over or… … Universalium
skim off — verb 1. remove from the surface (Freq. 2) skim cream from the surface of milk • Syn: ↑skim, ↑cream off, ↑cream • See Also: ↑cream off (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Milk — For other uses, see Milk (disambiguation). Foremilk and Hindmilk samples of human breast milk … Wikipedia
cream separator — ▪ food technology machine for separating and removing cream from whole milk; (milk) its operation is based on the fact that skim milk (milk with no butterfat) is heavier than cream. The separator consists of a centrifuge in the form of a… … Universalium
skim — v. & n. v. (skimmed, skimming) 1 tr. a take scum or cream or a floating layer from the surface of (a liquid). b take (cream etc.) from the surface of a liquid. 2 tr. a keep touching lightly or nearly touching (a surface) in passing over. b deal… … Useful english dictionary
cream — /krim / (say kreem) noun 1. the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand. 2. any dish or delicacy made largely of cream or resembling cream. 3. any creamlike substance, especially various cosmetics. 4. a… …
cream — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English creime, creme, from Anglo French creme, cresme, from Late Latin cramum, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh cramen scab, crust Date: 14th century 1. the yellowish part of milk containing from … New Collegiate Dictionary
milk — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ curdled, sour, spoiled (esp. AmE) ▪ full cream (BrE), full fat, whole (esp. AmE) … Collocations dictionary
Skim milk — Skim Skim, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. [1913 Webster] {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English