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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ream /ˈrim/
 令,大量的紙(vt.)擴展,鉸大,榨取

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ream n.  Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale. [Scot.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ream, v. t.  To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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"