Ream : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ream	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Ream
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ream n a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams" a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires v squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges" remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment" enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ream \Ream\, n. [AS. re[a0]m, akin to G. rahm.] Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ream \Ream\, v. i. To cream; to mantle. [Scot.] A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ream \Ream\, v. t. [Cf. {Reim}.] To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ream \Ream\, n. [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma), fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.] A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ream \Ream\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaming}.] [Cf. G. r[84]umen to remove, to clear away, fr. raum room. See {Room}.] 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.