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1  [reem]
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–noun
1. a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream).
2. Usually, reams. a large quantity: He has written reams of poetry.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME rem(e) < MF reime, rame < Sp rezma < Ar rizmah bale
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2  [reem]
–verb (used with object)
1. to enlarge to desired size (a previously bored hole) by means of a reamer.
2. to clear with a reamer; remove or press out by reaming.
3. to extract the juice from: to ream an orange.
4. Slang.
a. to scold or reprimand severely (usually fol. by out).
b. to cheat; defraud.
Origin:
1805–15; orig. uncert.
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ream 1   (rēm)   
n.  

  1. A quantity of paper, formerly 480 sheets, now 500 sheets or, in a printer's ream, 516 sheets.

  2. A very large amount. Often used in the plural: reams of work to do.


[Middle English reme, from Old French reime, from Old Spanish resma, from Arabic rizma, bundle, from razama, to bundle; see rzm in Semitic roots.]
ream 2   (rēm)   
tr.v.   reamed, ream·ing, reams

  1. To form, shape, taper, or enlarge (a hole or bore, for example) with or as if with a reamer.

  2. To remove (material) by this process.

  3. To squeeze the juice out of (fruit) with a reamer.


[Possibly from Middle English remen, to make room, variant of rimen, from Old English rȳman; see reuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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