ream
(noun) a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
ream
(noun) a large quantity of written matter; “he wrote reams and reams”
ream
(verb) enlarge with a reamer; “ream a hole”
ream
(verb) remove by making a hole or by boring; “the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment”
ream
(verb) squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; “ream oranges”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ream
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
ream (third-person singular simple present reams, present participle reaming, simple past and past participle reamed)
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
ream (third-person singular simple present reams, present participle reaming, simple past and past participle reamed)
To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
To remove (material) by reaming.
To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
(slang) To yell at or berate.
(slang, vulgar, by extension from sense of enlarging a hole) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.
• (to sexually penetrate): dig out, nail, root, tap; see also copulate with
ream (plural reams)
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
(chiefly, in the plural) An abstract large amount of something.
• (abstract large amount): bunch, load, pile; see also lot
• (quantity of paper): bale, bundle, quire
• Amer., Arem, Erma, MarĂ©, amer., mare, mear, rame, ramĂ©
Ream
A surname.
• Amer., Arem, Erma, MarĂ©, amer., mare, mear, rame, ramĂ©
Source: Wiktionary
Ream, n. Etym: [AS. reám, akin to G. rahm.]
Definition: Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]
Ream, v. i.
Definition: To cream; to mantle. [Scot.] A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. Sir W. Scott.
Ream, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Reim.]
Definition: To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
Ream, n. Etym: [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.]
Definition: A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets. Printer's ream, twenty-one and a half quires. [Eng.] A common practice is now to count five hundred sheets to the ream. Knight.
Ream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reaming.] Etym: [Cf. G. räumen to remove, to clear away, fr. raum room. See Room.]
Definition: To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
