ream /ˈrim/
令,大量的紙(vt.)擴展,鉸大,榨取
Ream n. Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]
Ream, v. i. To cream; to mantle. [Scot.]
A huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret. --Sir W. Scott.
Ream, v. t. To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
Ream, n. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
Printer's ream, twenty-one and a half quires. [Eng.] A common practice is now to count five hundred sheets to the ream. --Knight.
Ream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reamed p. pr. & vb. n. Reaming.] 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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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 with a reamer; "ream paper"
3: enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"