English Explanatory Dictionary

ream

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
verb
  1. To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
verb
  1. To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.
  2. To remove (material) by reaming.
  3. To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a tool.
  4. To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
  5. To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.
  6. To yell at or berate.
noun
  1. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
  2. An extremely large quantity of documents, data, or information that supports a claim, investigation, or case.
  3. An abstract large amount of something.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ɹiːm/ En-au-ream.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-ream.wav

Word forms

ream reem raim reams reaming reamed rim reme

Etymology

From Middle English reme, rem, from Old English rēam (“cream”), from Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz (“cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *réwgʰmn̥ (“to sour [milk]”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Room (“cream”), West Frisian rjemme (“cream”), Dutch room (“cream”), German Low German Rahm, Rohm (“cream”), German Rahm (“cream”), Swedish römme (“cream”), Norwegian rømme (“sour cream”), Faroese rómi (“cream”), Icelandic rjómi (“cream”). See also ramekin.

Synonyms

nail root tap rime dig out ream out bunch load pile abundance battalion arseload assload bellyload boatload brimful busload bucketful bucketload butt-ton bumload buttload cartload crapload deal fuckload fuckton fuckwad great deal hantle heap hecatomb helluvalot horseload lashings lot mampus many mass metric fuckton metric shitload mickle mountain muckle multiplicity multitude ream shedload shitful shitload shitton sight slew spadeloads sum superflux ton trainload truckload tun

Derived words

reamy ream job printer's ream reamful

Translations

Bulgarian: топ Catalan: raima Chinese Mandarin: 令 Czech: rys Dutch: riem Finnish: riisi French: rame French: rame de papier French: ramette Galician: resma German: Ries Hungarian: rizsma Indonesian: rim Irish: réam Italian: risma Norwegian Bokmål: ris Polish: ryza Portuguese: resma Spanish: resma Swedish: ris Tagalog: resma Thai: รีม Welsh: rîm
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