NOUN (2)

1. a large quantity of written matter;
- Example: "he wrote reams and reams"

2. a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires;


VERB (3)

1. squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer;
- Example: "ream oranges"

2. remove by making a hole or by boring;
- Example: "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"

3. enlarge with a reamer;
- Example: "ream a hole"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ream \Ream\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reamed (r[=e]md); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Reaming.] [Cf. G. r[aum]umen to remove, to clear
   away, fr. raum room. See Room.]
   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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ream \Ream\ (r[=e]m), n. [AS. re['a]m, akin to G. rahm.]
   Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ream \Ream\, v. i.
   To cream; to mantle. [Scot.]
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         A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of
         the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ream \Ream\, v. t. [Cf. Reim.]
   To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or
   filaments.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ream \Ream\, n. [OE. reme, OF. rayme, F. rame (cf. Sp. resma),
   fr. Ar. rizma a bundle, especially of paper.]
   A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting
   of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
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   Printer's ream, twenty-one and a half quires. [Eng.] A
      common practice is now to count five hundred sheets to the
      ream. --Knight.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ream
    n 1: a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and
         reams"
    2: a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20
       quires
    v 1: squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream
         oranges"
    2: remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out
       the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"
    3: enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"