bream UK /bɹiːm/US /bɹɪm/noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known. •(UK) A species in that genus, Abramis brama. •A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. •An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. verb1 •To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping. formsbreamed · breaming · breams