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ream ¹  (rm)

n.

1. A quantity of paper, formerly 480 sheets, now 500 sheets or, in a printer's ream, 516 sheets.

2. A very large amount. Often used in the plural: reams of work to do.

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[Middle English reme, from Old French reime, from Old Spanish resma, from Arabic rizma, bundle, from razama, to bundle; see rzm in Semitic roots.]

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ream ²  (rm)

tr.v. reamed, ream·ing, reams

1. To form, shape, taper, or enlarge (a hole or bore, for example) with or as if with a reamer.

2. To remove (material) by this process.

3. To squeeze the juice out of (fruit) with a reamer.

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[Possibly from Middle English remen, to make room, variant of rimen, from Old English rman; see reu- in Indo-European roots.]

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ream¹

n

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a number of sheets of paper, formerly 480 sheets (short ream), now 500 sheets (long ream) or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream). One ream is equal to 20 quires

2. (often plural) Informal a large quantity, esp of written matter he wrote reams

[from Old French raime, from Spanish rezma, from Arabic rizmah bale]

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ream²

vb (tr)

1. to enlarge (a hole) by use of a reamer

2. US to extract (juice) from (a citrus fruit) using a reamer

[perhaps from C14 remen to open up, from Old English rȳman to widen]

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Ream a bale or bundle of clothes or paper; specifically, today, 500 sheets; a large amount of paper, 1392.

Examples: ream of ballads, 1630; of bloom, 1699; of modern plays, 1814; of nonsense; of rhyme, 1839; of writing paper, 1689.

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ream - Used to be 480 sheets of paper and is now 500.

See also related terms for sheet.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ream - a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams" large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
	2.	ream - a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires definite quantity - a specific measure of amount quire - a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
Verb	1.	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"
	2.	ream - remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" ream - enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"
	3.	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"

Translations

ream¹ [riːm] N [of paper] → resma f reams (fig) → montones mpl

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ream² [riːm] VT (Tech) (also ream out) → escariar

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ream [ˈriːm]

n → rame de papier)f > reams

npl (= lots) → des pages et des pages

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ream

n (of paper) → (altes) Ries; he always writes reams (inf) → er schreibt immer ganze Bände (inf)

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ream [riːm] n → risma reams npl (fig) (fam) → pagine e pagine fpl

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ream

n ream [riːm]

a measure for paper, equal to 480 sheets. riem رُزْمَة وَرَق топ хартия rys ris das Ries δεσμίδα resma riis یک بند کاغذ یا یک بسته کاغذ riisi rame חָבילַת נְייָר बीस दस्ता कागज की गड्डी rizma papira (=480 araka) rizsma rim rís risma 連 연(連) stopa (papīrlokšņu mērvienība) rīse rim riem ris ryza resma top (de hârtie) стопа rys, papierenská miera ris mera za papir ris จำนวนกระดาษ 480 แผ่น 480'lik kağıt topu 令(紙張計算單位，等於480張紙) стос паперу کاغز کی پیماءش ram giấy 令（纸张计数单位）