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
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
