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

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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, Maré, amer., mare, mear, rame, ramé

Etymology

Proper noun

Ream

A surname.

Anagrams

• Amer., Arem, Erma, Maré, amer., mare, mear, rame, ramé

Source: Wiktionary

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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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