to ream

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To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole
To remove (material) by reaming
To shape or form, especially using a reamer
(obsolete except in dialects) A froth or scum
To yell at or berate
An abstract large amount of something

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

(obsolete except in dialects) The cream of milk
{n} the quantity of twenty quires of paper
To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider
A machine operation consisting of enlarging a hole slightly to a close tolerance
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually containing 500 sheets
To perform anilingus
A measurement unit for paper, usually 500 sheets
a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"
A quantity of paper, ranging from 480 sheets to 516 sheets All the sheets of paper are the same size
Five hundred sheets of paper
A ream is 500 sheets of paper, regardless of the paper size or thickness
500 sheets of paper, regardless of size More specifically, a ream is 20 quires of paper A quire is 24 or 25 sheets of paper, making a ream of paper 480 or 500 sheets However, quire is an archaic unit; in modern usage, a ream is 500 sheets
a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams" enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole" remove by making a hole with a reamer; "ream paper" squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges
A term used in the envelope industry to denote 500 sheets of paper
500 sheets of printing paper Stacks and skids of paper often include slips of paper (ream markers) marking the division of the stack into reams
{f} create a hole with a reamer, enlarge a hole with a reamer
To cream; to mantle
paper term
squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges
The cream of milk
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
500 Sheets of paper
remove by making a hole with a reamer; "ream paper"
enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets
a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"
a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
500 sheets of paper, regardless of size to top
3,000 square feet of paper surface area
A unit of paper quantity - usually 500 sheets
squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges"
To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments
Unit consisting of 500 identical sheets (of paper)
Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale
If you say that there are reams of paper or reams of writing, you mean that there are large amounts of it. Their specific task is to sort through the reams of information and try to determine what it may mean. to treat someone badly, especially by cheating
A froth or scum
cream; froth
five hundred sheets of paper A ream is often confused with a package of paper which is incorrect Paper is sometimes packaged in quantities of 250 as well as 500 sheets
{i} quantity of 500 sheets of paper; large quantity of writing paper
Five hundred sheets of paper, a standard measurement
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