Ream

Definitions: Ream

Ream

Noun

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.

Verb

1. Squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges".

2. Remove by making a hole with a reamer; "ream paper".

3. Enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ream" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

REAM

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Book

Paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet; leaf, leaflet; fly leaf, page; quire, ream

Crosswords: Ream

Manx (dominion, kingdom, realm, ream, regime, register).

I Ream a Genie (1990)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Labor of Love: The Life & Art of Vinnie Ream (reference)

• A Ream of writers (reference)

• Six American colonists and their descendants : Thomas Newbold, William Rodney, George Hufford, Eberhard Ream, Edward Painter, Richard Bridgeford (reference)

• The Merrill Ream 10-Lesson Speed Reading Course (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Vinnie Ream Hoxie as a schoolgirl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "ream": Printer's ream ♦ ream markers ♦ ream out. Additional references.

Ending with "ream": d-ream.

Albanian

tufë (batch, beam, book, bunch, cloud, clutch, Covey, crop, drove, flight, flock, funiculus, group, herd, mass, muster, parcel, plume, roll, run, scads, slip, stack, swarm, troop, truss, tuft, tussock, wad), sasi e madhe (avalanche, bagful, bulk, deal, heap, load, mint, rout), pako (bundle, carton, pack, package, packet, parcel, roll). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مقدار كبير (bucket, mass, sight, surfeit, swag), ‏ماعون ورق, ‏وسع الثقب, ‏زل بالبرغلة, ‏عصر (age, compress, compressing, crush, date, eon, epoch, era, period, press, squeeze, strain, time, update, wring), ‏خدع (bamboozle, beguile, betray, bilk, bitch, bite, blind, bluff, brown, bubble, camouflage, catch, cheat, chisel, con, crook, deceive, deception, decoy, defraud, delude, diddle, do, dupe, entrap, fall for, feint, fiddle, fob, fool, fox, get round, give the lie to, gull, gyp, hoax, hocus pocus, humbug, illusory, impose, intrigue, jape, job, leg pull, lure, mislead, mock, mystify, nick, overreach, pitch, play a trick, pose, prank, pull a fast one, pull his leg, rook, sell, settle his hash, skin, skunk, slang, stick, string along, swank, swindle, take for a ride, take in, trick, victimize, wile), ‏رزمة ورق. (various references)

Bulgarian 

райберовам, разширявам дупка, топ хартия, зенкеровам, изстисквам сок. (various references)

Chinese 

大量 (mass, masses). (various references)

Czech

rys (attribute, character, feature, lineament, lynx, trait). (various references)

Danish

ramper (cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads), striber i flasker (cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads), slirer (cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads). (various references)

Dutch

rammen (cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads), stries (cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads), slieren (cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads, waviness), koorden (cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads), kleurslieren (cords, smoke, streak, streaks, striae, strings, threads). (various references)

Farsi 

یک بندکاغذ084برگی یا615برگی , ورق کاغذ (Paper). (various references)

Finnish

rampit (cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads). (various references)

French

rame, stries, sirop, presser, ondes, gommes, fraiser, fils, cordes. (various references)

German

ries, Rampen (cords, ramps, streaks, striae, strings, threads), Winden (bind, braid, contort, cords, plait, spiral, squirm, streaks, striae, strings, threads, twine, twist, winch, winches, wind, windlasses, wreathe, wrench, wrest, wriggle), Wellen (billows, cords, corrugate, corrugation, Crimp, Crinkle, streaks, striae, strings, threads, to corrugate, undulate, warp, washboard, wave, waves), Schlieren (alligator skin, cold lap, come home, cords, crocodile skin, orange peel, schlieren pattern, streak, streaks, striae, strings, surface folding, threads, waviness), Fäden (cords, filaments, streaks, striae, strings, threads). (various references)

Greek 

σχοινία (cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads), ανοίγω τρύπα (burrow), δεσμίσ χαρτιού, δεσμίδα (batch, beet, bunch, bundle, cluster, fascicle, strick, tussock). (various references)

Hebrew 

חבילת � יר. (various references)

Hungarian

rizsma. (various references)

Indonesian

rim, membesarkan (magnify, revere, zoom), melebarkan, banyak sekali (aplenty, innumerable, inordinate). (various references)

Italian

risma (kind), strie (cords, streaks, striae, striations, strings, threads), onde (cords, streaks, striae, strings, therewith, threads, whereon, with it), fili (cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads, wires, yarns), corde (cordage, cords, ropes, streaks, striae, strings, threads, tightropes). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

連量 (ream weight, weight of 1000 sheets of paper), キロ連量 (10^9, gear, gear change, gearshift, giga-, gigaton, guitar, January 15., king, King Dome, King Holiday, king salmon, kingmaker, King's English, king-size, kinky boots, kinky look, Kiwanis Club, ream weight, weight of 1000 sheets of paper), 一連 (a chain, a ream, a series). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いちれ�" (a chain, a ream, a series), れ�"りょう (ream weight, weight of 1000 sheets of paper), キロれ�"りょう (ream weight, weight of 1000 sheets of paper). (various references)

Manx

ream (dominion, kingdom, realm, regime, register). (various references)

Pig Latin

eamray

Portuguese

resma, ondas (chops, cords, streaks, striae, strings, surge, threads), mandrilar (chuck, to chuck, to drift, to expand), gomas (cords, gums, streaks, striae, strings, threads), fios (cords, fine scratch, sleek, streaking, streaks, striae, strings, threads, trash marks), estrias (cords, grooves, rifling, slur, streaks, striae, striations, strings, threads), escarear, cordas (cordage, cords, streaks, striae, strings, threads). (various references)

Romanian

top (go, hop), mulţime (accumulation, army, array, body, boodle, cloud, cluster, concourse, crowd, dozen, drove, fifty, flock, forest, generality, heap, herd, hive, host, huddle, lashing, manifold, mass, mob, multitude, muster, number, Peck, pile, plenty, populace, press, quantity, rabble, shoal, sight, squash, stack, swarm, throng), maldãr (bundle, heap, pile), aleza (bore, broach). (various references)

Russian 

стопа (foot), рассверливать, масса (army, array, bulk, congeries, crowd, handful, heap, heaps of, lashings, lot of, lots, lots of, lotsa, mass, mountain, multitude, passel, paste, regiment, ruck, stock, stuff, the million, wealth of, weight, whale, wilderness). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razvrteti, tabak hartije za štampanje, peniti (foam, spume), pena (foam, lather, mousse, scum, skim, spume, suds). (various references)

Spanish

resma. (various references)

Swedish

ett ris papper. (various references)

Turkish

suyunu çıkarmak (cream, ream out, squeeze), sıkmak (ail, bore, bother, Chevy, chivvy, chivy, clench, constipate, constrict, crush, cumber, depress, distress, extrude, give the willies, grip, harass, hatchel, hold tight, incommode, irk, jam, load, make fast, mope, oppress, pinch, press, pressurize, pull on, ream out, squeeze, straiten, strangulate, tighten), kâğıt topu, delmek (bore, broach, dig into, dig through, drill, hole, make a hole in, perforate, pick, Pierce, pink, prick, puncture, ream out, Spike, stab, stave in, stick), delik açmak (bore, dig a hole, drill, hole, honeycomb, make a hole in, Pierce, ream out, run through, slot, vent), deliği genişletmek (rebore), çukuru genişletmek. (various references)

Ukranian 

стос, розсвердлювати (chamber), піна (bead, cream, foam, froth, lather, offscum, scum, skim, spume), пінитися (cream, effervesce, fizz, foam, froth, mantle, scum, spume). (various references)

Vietnamese 

h� ng tập. (various references)

ryman. (various references)

rizmah. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "ream": reamed, reamer, reamers, reaming, reams. (additional references)

Words ending with "ream": airstream, bloodstream, bream, counterstream, cream, daydream, downstream, dream, headstream, mainstream, midstream, millstream, nonmainstream, onstream, outdream, redream, scream, sidestream, slipstream, stream, upstream. (additional references)

Words containing "ream": airstreams, bloodstreams, breamed, breaming, breams, counterstreams, creamcups, creamed, creamer, creameries, creamers, creamery, creamier, creamiest, creamily, creaminess, creaminesses, creaming, creampuff, creampuffs, creams, creamware, creamwares, creamy, daydreamed, daydreamer, daydreamers, daydreaming, daydreamlike, daydreams, daydreamt, dreamed, dreamer, dreamers, dreamful, dreamfully, dreamfulness, dreamfulnesses, dreamier, dreamiest, dreamily, dreaminess, dreaminesses, dreaming, dreamland, dreamlands, dreamless, dreamlessly, dreamlessness, dreamlessnesses, dreamlike, dreams, dreamt, dreamtime, dreamtimes, dreamworld, dreamworlds, dreamy, headstreams, mainstreamed, mainstreaming, mainstreams, midstreams, millstreams, outdreamed, outdreaming, outdreams, outdreamt, preamble, preambles, preamp, preamplifier, preamplifiers, preamps, redreamed, redreaming, redreams, redreamt, screamed, screamer, screamers, screaming, screamingly, screams, slipstreamed, slipstreaming, slipstreams, streambed, streambeds, streamed, streamer, streamers, streamier, streamiest, streaming, streamings, streamlet, streamlets, streamline, streamlined, streamliner, streamliners, streamlines, streamlining, streams, streamside, streamsides, streamy, undreamed, undreamt. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ream" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aram, arame, eam, eram, erem, erum, feam, fream, gream, jeam, keam, Mrema, neam, pream, rame, ramm, ratam, raum, rcam, reab, reac, reaf, reah, reaim, reama, reamr, Reany, reau, reav, reaw, reax, reay, reeh, reej, Reem, Reema, reemy, refah, refan, Rehm, reigm, reism, reka, relm, remac, remay, Reml, remu, reon, reram, retan, Reuan, Revah, rewamp, rewan, Rexa, reza, rezm, rham, rhean, rhema, rimac, rium, roaj, rram, Ruam, ruim, rwmac, ryea, veam, yeam, zeam. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: mare.

-1 letter: are, arm, ear, era, mae, mar, ram, rem.

-2 letters: ae, am, ar, em, er, ma, me, re.

+1 letter: aimer, amber, ameer, armed, armer, armet, bream, cream, derma, dream, embar, frame, gamer, harem, herma, lamer, macer, madre, maker, mares, marge, marse, maser, mater, mazer, morae, namer, ramee, ramen, ramet, ramie, realm, reams, rearm, regma, reman, remap, smear, tamer.

+2 letters: admire, aimers, airmen, almner, ambeer, ambers, ambery, ambler, ameers, amerce, ampere, ampler, amuser, armers, armets, armies, armlet, armure, barmen, barmie, blamer, breams, bregma, calmer, camber, camera, camper, carmen, crambe, creams, creamy, dammer, damner, damper, demark, dermal, dermas, dreams, dreamt, dreamy, embark, embars, enamor, engram, farmed, farmer, femora, ferbam, flamer, foamer, framed, framer, frames, gamers, gamier, gammer, german, gramme, hammer, hamper, hareem, harems, harmed, harmer, hermae, hermai, imager, imaret, jammer, lamber, macers, madder, madres, maigre, mailer, maimer, makers, malgre, mammer, manger, manner, manure, mapper, marble, marcel, marges, marine, marked, marker, market, marled, marque, marred, marrer, marses, marted, marten, marvel, masers, masher, masker, master, maters, matres, matter, mature, mauger, maugre, mauler, mazers, mazier, meager, meagre, meaner, medlar, merman, mirage, moaner, morale, namers, palmer, pamper, preamp, prearm, preman, raceme, radome, ragmen, ramate, ramble, ramees, ramens, ramets, ramies, ramjet, rammed, rammer, ramose, ramped, realms, reamed, reamer, rearms, remade, remail, remain, remake, remand, remans, remaps, remark, remate, remora, remuda, rename, reteam, revamp, rewarm, roamed, roamer, scream, seamer, shmear, smears, smeary, stream, tamers, tamper, tramel, umbrae, uremia, vamper, warmed, warmer, womera, yammer.

+3 letters: admired, admirer, admires, airtime, alarmed, almemar, almners, almoner, amasser, amateur, ambeers, amblers, ambries, amender, amerced, amercer, amerces, amirate, ammeter, amperes, amreeta, amusers, anymore, armhole, armiger, armless, armlets, armlike, armoire, armored, armorer, armrest, armures, assumer, balmier, barmier, beamier, becharm, besmear, beswarm, blamers, bramble, breamed, brecham, bromate, cambers, camerae, cameral, cameras, campers, campier, caramel, carmine, caromed, ceramal, ceramic, chamber, chamfer, champer, charmed, charmer, chimera, claimer, clamber, clammer, clamper, comaker, compare, comrade, coremia, crambes, crammed, crammer, cramped, creamed, creamer, cremate, crewman, damager, dammers, damners, dampers, daymare, defamer, demarks, dramedy, drammed, draymen, dreamed, dreamer, duramen, eardrum, earldom, earmark, earmuff, earworm, embargo, embarks, embrace, emerald, emerita, emirate, empaler, emporia, enamors, enamour, enframe, engrams, epigram, erratum, extrema, farmers, femoral, ferbams, fermata, fermate, firearm, fireman, flamers, flamier, foamers, foamier, foramen, forearm, foreman, formate, fraenum, framers, freeman, fromage, gambier, gambler, gambrel, gammers, gammier, garment, germane, germans, germina, gisarme, gleamer, glomera, gomeral, grammes, gremial, grimace, hammers, hammier, hampers, hamster, hareems, harmers, harmine, herdman, homager, humaner, humeral, imagers, imagery, imarets, impaler, impearl, imperia, impresa, inarmed, jammers, jammier, jemadar, jemidar, keramic, kerygma, lambers, lambert, lambier, lampers, lamprey, lamster, lempira, loamier, macaber, macabre, machree, macrame, madders, madeira, madrone, maestri, maestro, mailers, maimers, majored, malmier, maltier, mammers, manager, mandrel, mangers, mangier, mangler, manlier, manners, manrope, manured, manurer, manures, mappers, marbled, marbler, marbles, marcels, marched, marchen, marcher, marches, maremma, maremme, marengo, margent, mariner, marines, markers, markets, marlier, marline, marlite, marmite, marquee, marques, marrers, married, marrier, marries, marshes, martens, martlet, marvels, mashers, maskers, masquer, masseur, massier, masters, mastery, matcher, matters, mattery, matured, maturer, matures, maulers, maunder, mealier, meander, meaners, measure, meatier, medlars, meerkat, megabar, menacer, menorah, mermaid, meropia, mesarch, metamer, midyear, migrate, minaret, mineral, miracle, mirages, misaver, mishear, misrate, misread, moaners, moneran, moorage, moraine, morales, morceau, morulae, muriate, neuroma, numeral, oarsmen, overarm, overman, palmers, palmier, pampero, pampers, preamps, prearms, pregame, premade, premeal, prename, prewarm, primage, primate, racemed, racemes, racemic, radomes, ragtime, raiment, rambled, rambler, rambles, ramekin, ramenta, ramilie, ramjets, rammers, rammier, rampage, rampike, rampole, readmit, realism, reamers, reaming, rearmed, reclaim, reclame, redream, reedman, reframe, regmata, reimage, remails, remains, remaker, remakes, remands, remarks, remarry, rematch, remated, remates, remnant, remoras, removal, remudas, renamed, renames, restamp, reteams, revamps, rewarms, roamers, romaine, romance, rumbaed, rummage, sampler, sarment, scamper, schmear, screams, seamark, seamers, seamier, sedarim, seminar, semiraw, seriema, serumal, shammer, shmears, sidearm, slammer, smacker, smaller, smarted, smarten, smarter, smartie, smasher, smatter, smeared, smearer, spammer, stammer, stamper, steamer, streams, streamy, strumae, surname, swamper, swarmed, swarmer, tampers, tearoom, tempera, templar, tempura, teraohm, thermae, thermal, tonearm, tramell, tramels, trammed, trammel, tramped, tramper, trample, trumeau, umbrage, unarmed, unmaker, uraemia, uraemic, uremias, vampers, vampire, varment, vermian, viremia, vitamer, warmers, warmest, wartime, wireman, womeras, wommera, woomera, yammers, yardmen.

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