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REAM
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
Etymology 1
Noun
ream
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
Verb
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.
Etymology 2
Verb
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.
Synonyms
• (to sexually penetrate): dig out, nail, root, tap; see also copulate with
Etymology 3
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• (abstract large amount): bunch, load, pile; see also lot
Coordinate terms
• (quantity of paper): bale, bundle, quire
Anagrams
• Amer., Arem, Erma, MarĂ©, amer., mare, mear, rame, ramĂ©
Etymology
Proper noun
Ream
A surname.
Anagrams
• 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
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