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Definition ream
Etymology 1
From Middle English reme, rem, from Old English r?am (“cream”), from Proto-Germanic *raumaz (“cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewg?mn?- (“to sour [milk]”). Cognate with Dutch room (“cream, sour cream”), German Rahm (“cream”), Norwegian rømme (“sour cream”), Icelandic rjómi (“cream”). See also ramekin.
Noun
ream (plural reams)
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
Verb
ream (third-person singular simple present reams, present participle reaming, simple past and past participle reamed)
Etymology 2
From Middle English remen, rimen, rümen (“to open up”), from Old English r?man (“to make roomy, extend, widen, spread, enlarge, amplify, prolong, clear, open up, make clear by removing obstructions, to clear a way”), from Proto-Germanic *r?mijan? (“to make roomy, give room, remove”), from Proto-Indo-European *row- (“free space”). Cognate with Dutch ruimen (“to empty, evacuate”), German räumen (“to make room”), Icelandic rýma (“to make room, clear”). More at room.
Verb
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) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.
Etymology 3
From Middle English reme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”) (French rame), from Arabic ??????? (rizma, “bundle”).
Noun
ream (plural reams)
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