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

    ream (v.)

  1. squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; ream oranges'

  2. remove by making a hole or by boring; the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment'

  3. enlarge with a reamer; ream a hole'

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