ream

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Latin 2.1 Noun 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Descendants 4 Scots 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ri:m/

  Rhymes: -iːm

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English rēam.

[edit] Noun

ream (uncountable)

1. (obsolete except in dialects) The cream of milk.
2. (obsolete except in dialects) A froth or scum.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French raime (French rame), from Arabic رزمة (rizma) ‘bundle’.

[edit] Noun

ream (plural reams)

1. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually containing 500 sheets.
2. An abstract large amount of something.

   I can't go - I still have reams of work left.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 3

Unknown origin.

[edit] Verb

to ream (third-person singular simple present reams, present participle reaming, simple past and past participle reamed)

1. To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
2. To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
3. To remove (material) by reaming.
4. To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
5. (slang) To yell at or berate.
6. (slang) To perform anilingus.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aemr
• amer.
• Erma
• mare

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

ream f.

1. accusative singular of rea

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *rauwma-. Cognate with Middle Low German rōm (Dutch room), Old High German roum (German Rahm), Old Norse rjúmi (Icelandic rjómi, Norwegian rømme).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ræːɑm/

[edit] Noun

rēam m.

1. cream

[edit] Descendants

• English: ream

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /rim/

[edit] Noun

ream (uncountable)

1. (food): cream
2. (ointment): cream