Definition of reams Reams
/ɹiˈmz/ - [reemz] -
We found 3 definitions of reams from 2 different sources.
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What does reams mean?
Wiktionary 
- reams (Noun)
Plural of ream.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: reams |
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| ream - a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams" | ||
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| ream - enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole" | ||
| enlarge make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds" | ||
| ream - remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment" | ||
| take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| ream - squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges" | ||
| press out, express, extract obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" | ||
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Wiktionary
- ream (Noun)
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually containing 500 sheets. - ream (Noun)
An abstract large amount of something. - ream (Verb)
To cream; mantle; foam; froth. - ream (Verb)
To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider. - ream (Verb)
To shape or form, especially using a reamer. - ream (Verb)
To remove material by reaming. - ream (Verb)
To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole. - ream (Verb)
To yell at or berate. - ream (Verb)
To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ream (n.)
Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. - ream (v. i.)
To cream; to mantle. - ream (v. t.)
To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments. - ream (n.)
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets. - ream (v. t.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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rēm, n. a quantity of paper consisting of 20 quires of 24 sheets. [O. Fr. raime (Fr. rame)—Sp. resma—Ar. rizma (pl. rizam), a bundle.] -
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rēm, v.i. (prov.) to cream: to froth.—n. Ream′iness.—adj. Ream′y -
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rēm, v.t. to stretch: to enlarge by a rotatory cutter.—ns. Ream′er; Ream′ing-bit
