noun a marine sparoid fish of the genus pagellus, and allied genera. ·see sea bream.
2. bream ·vt to clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, ·etc., by the application of fire and scraping.
3. bream ·noun a european fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus abramis, little valued as food. several species are known.
4. bream ·noun an american fresh-water fish, of various species of pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. ·see pondfish.