Ream vs. Reem
Reamnoun
Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
Reemnoun
A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).
Reamnoun
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
Reemverb
To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.
Reamnoun
An abstract large amount of something.
‘I can't go – I still have reams of work left.’;
Reemadjective
cool, excellent; desirable; sexy.
Reamverb
To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
Reemnoun
The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.
Reamverb
To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
Reemverb
To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.
Reamverb
To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
Reamverb
To remove (material) by reaming.
Reamverb
To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
Reamverb
(slang) To yell at or berate.
Reamverb
To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.
Reamnoun
Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.
Reamnoun
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
Reamverb
To cream; to mantle.
‘A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret.’;
Reamverb
To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
Reamverb
To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.
Reamnoun
a large quantity of written matter;
‘he wrote reams and reams’;
Reamnoun
a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
Reamverb
squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer;
‘ream oranges’;
Reamverb
remove by making a hole with a reamer;
‘ream paper’;
Reamverb
enlarge with a reamer;
‘ream a hole’;
