I. ˈrēm, ˈrām noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English rem cream, froth, from Old English rēam cream; akin to Middle Low German rōm, rōme cream, Middle High German roum, Icelandic rjōmi cream, Avestan raoγna- butter
1. dialect chiefly Britain : cream
2. dialect chiefly Britain : froth or foam on top of a liquid
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English remen, from rem, n.
intransitive verb
dialect chiefly Britain : froth , foam
transitive verb
dialect chiefly Britain : to skim cream or foam from
III. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English remen, perhaps from Old English -rǣman to raise (in ārǣman to raise) — more at roam
dialect chiefly England : stretch
IV. ˈrēm noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English rem, reme, from Middle French raime, from Arabic rizmah, literally, bundle
1. : a quantity of paper in lots that vary in the number of sheets included:
a. : a lot of 480 sheets of paper : 20 quires
b. : a lot of 472 sheets of drawing paper or handmade paper
c. : 500 sheets of book paper or of newsprint
d. : printer's ream
2. : a great amount (as of something printed) — usually used in plural
wrote reams on the subject
V. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: perhaps from (assumed) Middle English (dial.) remen to open up, clear, from Old English (dial.) rēman to open up, clear, extend; akin to Old English rȳman to open up, clear, extend, Old High German rūmen to vacate, make room, Old Norse rȳma; causative from the root of Old English rūm spacious — more at room
1.
a. : to widen the opening of (a hole) : bevel out : countersink
b. : to enlarge or dress out (a hole) with a reamer : enlarge the bore of (as a gun) in this way
c. : to remove (a defective part) by reaming — often used with out
2. : to open (the seams of a ship's planking) for the purpose of caulking them
3.
a. : to press out (fruit juice) with a reamer
b. : to press out the juice of (as an orange or similar fruit) with a reamer
4. : cheat , victimize
in the capacity of storekeepers or handymen, cheerfully ream them at every opportunity — A.C.Spectorsky
VI. transitive verb
Etymology: ream (V)
: reprimand — often used with out
reams out his players so severely — Alexander Wolff