[bream] n, pl bream or breams [ME breme, fr. MF, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG brahsima bream, MHG brehen to shine] (14c) 1: a European freshwater cyprinid fish (Abramis brama); broadly: any of various related fishes
2. a: a porgy or related fish (family Sparidae) b: any of various freshwater sunfishes (Lepomis and related genera); esp: bluegill
[2]bream vt [prob. fr. D brem furze] (1626): to clean (a ship's bottom) by heating and scraping