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1. (n.) ream
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets.
2. ream
Usu., reams. a large quantity, as of writing.
3. (v.t.) ream
to enlarge to desired size (a previously bored hole) by means of a reamer.
4. ream
to remove or press out with a reamer.
5. ream
to extract the juice from:
to ream an orange.
6. ream
Slang.
7. ream
to cheat; defraud.
Etymology: (1805–15; orig. uncert.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) ream
a large quantity of written matter
"he wrote reams and reams"
2. (verb) ream
a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
3. (verb) ream
squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer
"ream oranges"
4. (verb) ream
remove by making a hole or by boring
"the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"
5. (verb) ream
enlarge with a reamer
"ream a hole"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ream
cream; also, the cream or froth on ale
2. (noun) ream
a bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets
3. (verb) ream
to cream; to mantle
4. (verb) ream
to stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments
5. (verb) ream
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
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Sense: a measure for paper, equal to 480 sheets.
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 Afrikaans: riem |
 Arabic: رُزْمَة وَرَق |
 Bulgarian: топ хартия |
 Brazilian: resma |
 Czech: rys |
 German: das Ries |
 Danish: ris |
 Greek: δεσμίδα |
 Spanish: resma |
 Estonian: riis |
 Farsi: یک بند کاغذ یا یک بسته کا |
 Finnish: riisi |
 French: rame |
 Hebrew: חָבילַת נְייָר |
 Hindi: बीस दस्ता कागज की गड्डी |
 Croatian: rizma papira (=480 araka) |
 Hungarian: rizsma |
 Indonesian: rim |
 Icelandic: rís |
 Italian: risma |
 Japanese: 連 |
 Korean: 연(連) |
 Lithuanian: stopa |
 Latvian: (papīrlokšņu mērvienība) |
 Malay: rim |
 Dutch: riem |
 Norwegian: ris |
 Polish: ryza |
 Persian: یک بند کاغذ یا یک بسته کا |
 Pashto: يوبنډل ياڅلورسوه اتياپاڼى |
 Portuguese: resma |
 Romanian: top (de hârtie) |
 Russian: стопа |
 Slovak: rys, papierenská miera |
 Slovenian: ris |
 Serbian: mera za papir |
 Swedish: ris |
 Thai: จำนวนกระดาษ 480 แผ่น |
 Turkish: 480'lik kağıt topu |
 Taiwanese: 令(紙張計算單位，等於480張紙) |
 Ukrainian: стос паперу |
 Urdu: کاغز کی پیماءش |
 Vietnamese: ram giấy |
 Chinese: 令（纸张计数单位） |
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