ream

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹiːm/ Homophone: rheme Rhymes: -iːm === Etymology 1 === From Middle English rem, reme, 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== reem, raim ==== Noun ==== ream (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general. ===== Derived terms ===== reamy ==== Verb ==== ream (third-person singular simple present reams, present participle reaming, simple past and past participle reamed) (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cream; mantle; foam; froth. === Etymology 2 === Etymology uncertain, possibly a variant of rime (etymology 4) with the East Anglian and Kentish development of Old English /yː/ to /eː/ (the modern spelling would thus be unetymologically for *reem). Doublet of room. ==== Verb ==== ream (third-person singular simple present reams, present participle reaming, simple past and past participle reamed) (transitive) To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider. Synonym: rime (transitive) To remove (material) by reaming. (transitive) To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a tool. Synonym: rime To shape or form, especially using a reamer. (slang, vulgar, by extension from sense of enlarging a hole) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way. (slang) To yell at or berate. Synonym: ream out ===== Alternative forms ===== reem, rim ===== Synonyms ===== (to sexually penetrate): dig out, nail, root, tap; see also Thesaurus:copulate with ===== Derived terms ===== ream job ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English reme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”) (French rame), from Catalan raima (“ream”), from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma, “bundle”). ==== Alternative forms ==== reme (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== ream (plural reams) A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets. Coordinate terms: bale, bundle, quire (by extension, chiefly in the plural, figurative, law) An extremely large quantity of documents, data, or information that supports a claim, investigation, or case. The accountants requested reams of financial records. (by extension, chiefly in the plural) An abstract large amount of something. Synonyms: bunch, load, pile; see also Thesaurus:lot ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Units of paper quantity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === === Anagrams === mera, Amer., rame, mear, Erma, Maré, Maer, Mera, amer., Arem, arme, ramé, mare == Friulian == === Etymology === Probably from Latin regimen, regimine. Compare French royaume (Old French reaume, reiame), Occitan reialme, Romansh reginam. === Pronunciation === === Noun === ream m (plural reams) kingdom ==== Related terms ==== re regn reâl == Latin == === Noun === ream f accusative singular of rea == Middle English == === Noun === ream (AB language, MS. Cotton Otho C.xiii; Early Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of rem (“shout”) == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz. Cognate with Middle Low German rōm, Middle Dutch room, Old High German roum (German Rahm), Old Norse rjúmi (Icelandic rjómi, Norwegian rømme). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ræ͜ɑːm/ === Noun === rēam m cream ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: rem, reme, rymeEnglish: reamMiddle Scots: reme, reim, reyme, rameScots: ream, raem, reemYola: reem, rhyme == Scots == === Alternative forms === raem, reem === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English rem, reme, from Old English rēam (“cream”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rim/ === Noun === ream (uncountable) (food): cream (ointment): cream