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ream

noun
/ɹiːm/

Etymology

From Middle English reme, rem, 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.

  1. inherited from *réwgʰmn̥✻
  2. inherited from *raumaz✻
  3. inherited from *raum✻
  4. inherited from rēam — “cream”
  5. inherited from reme

Definitions

  1. Cream

    Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.

  2. To cream

    To cream; mantle; foam; froth.

    • a huge pewter measuring pot […] which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret

  3. To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer

    To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. To remove (material) by reaming.

    2. To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a…

      To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a tool.

    3. To shape or form, especially using a reamer.

    4. To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.

    5. To yell at or berate.

    6. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.

      • The accountants requested reams of financial records.

    7. A surname.

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Derived

ream job, printer's ream, reamful

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA