Definition of "ream" in Anglais

noun

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.

verb

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cream; mantle; foam; froth.

verb

1. (transitive) To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.

2. (transitive) To remove (material) by reaming.

3. (transitive) To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a tool.

4. To shape or form, especially using a reamer.

5. (slang, vulgar, by extension from sense of enlarging a hole) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.

6. (slang) To yell at or berate.

noun

1. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.

2. (chiefly in the plural) An abstract large amount of something.

   • I can't go – I still have reams of work left.