ream

Plural: reams

Noun

• a large quantity of written matter
  • "he wrote reams and reams"
• a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
• Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
• A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
• An abstract large amount of something.

Verb

Verb Forms: reamed, reaming, reams

• To enlarge a hole with a reamer tool.
• squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer
  • "ream oranges"
• remove by making a hole or by boring
  • "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"
• enlarge with a reamer
  • "ream a hole"
• To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
• To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.
• To remove (material) by reaming.
• To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a tool.
• To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
• To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.
• To yell at or berate.

Examples

• I can't go – I still have reams of work left.
• I wish I could REAM out a space on the board for my seven-letter word.

Synonyms

abundance, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, bucketful, bucketload, bumload, bunch, busload, butt-ton, buttload, cartload, copulate with, crapload, deal, dig out, fuckload, fuckton, fuckwad, great deal, hantle, heap, hecatomb, helluvalot, horseload, lashings, load, lot, mampus, many, mass, metric fuckton, metric shitload, mickle, mountain, muckle, multiplicity, multitude, nail, pile, ream, ream out, rime, root, shedload, shitful, shitload, shitton, slew, sum, superflux, tap, ton, trainload, truckload, tun, vaultful, wagonload

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