ream
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹiːm/
Audio (AU) (file) - Homophone: rheme
- Rhymes: -iːm
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Etymology 1
From Middle English reme, rem, from Old English rēam (“cream”), from Proto-Germanic *raumaz (“cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewgʰmn̥- (“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)
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 rȳman (“to make roomy, extend, widen, spread, enlarge, amplify, prolong, clear, open up, make clear by removing obstructions, to clear a way”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmijaną (“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.
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Etymology 3
From Middle English reme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”) (French rame), from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma, “bundle”).
Alternative forms
Noun
ream (plural reams)
Translations
See also
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Friulian
Latin
Middle English
Old English
Etymology
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): /ræːɑm/