ream

n.

1. A quantity of paper, formerly 480 sheets, now 500 sheets or, in a printer's ream, 516 sheets.
2. A very large amount. Often used in the plural: reams of work to do.

[Middle English reme, from Old French reime, from Old Spanish resma, from Arabic rizma, bundle, from razama, to bundle.]

ream² (rēm)
tr.v., reamed, ream·ing, reams.

1. To form, shape, taper, or enlarge (a hole or bore, for example) with or as if with a reamer.
2. To remove (material) by this process.
3. To squeeze the juice out of (fruit) with a reamer.

[Possibly from Middle English remen, to make room, variant of rimen, from Old English r[ymacr]man.]

500 sheets of paper. The basis weight of paper is the weight of one ream cut to the standard dimensions for that type of paper.

noun

An indeterminately great amount or number: jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, trillion. Informal bushel, gob¹ (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck², scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion. See big/small/amount.

v. widen a bore or hole in (a gun or other metal object) with a special tool.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

IN BRIEF: A stack of 500 sheets of paper. Also: To enlarge a hole with a stick-like tool.

Put one ream of paper into the copy machine before you make all of the copies.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - ris, pakke (500 ark)

idioms:

• reams of    dynger af, bunker af (papir)

2.
v. tr. - oprømme, rive op

Nederlands (Dutch)
riem (500 vel papier), gaatje ruimer maken met boor, iemand ernstig toespreken, oplichten, randje omvouwen, fruit uitpersen, naden van schip openmaken om te breeuwen

Français (French)
1.
n. - rame de papier

idioms:

• reams of    des quantités

2.
v. tr. - (Tech) fraiser

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Ries

idioms:

• reams of    ganze Bände von

2.
v. - den Rahm abschöpfen von, abschäumen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεσμίδα ή πακέτο χαρτιού (500 φύλλα)
v. - αναστομώνω, διευρύνω, ανοίγω

idioms:

• reams of    κόλλες και κόλλες

Italiano (Italian)
risma, caterva, allargare, svasare, approfittarsi di

idioms:

• reams of    fiumi di

Português (Portuguese)
n. - resma (f)
v. - alargar, espremer

idioms:

• reams of    resmas

Русский (Russian)
стопа (бумаги - около 500 страниц), куча, развертывать, расширять скважину, давать головомойку

idioms:

• reams of    куча, бездна

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - resma

idioms:

• reams of    gran cantidad, montones

2.
v. tr. - escariar, ensanchar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - papper
v. - göra hål

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 令, 大量, 二十刀

idioms:

• reams of    大量的

2. 扩大, 挤出, 挖通

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 擴大, 擠出, 挖通

2.
n. - 令, 大量, 二十刀

idioms:

• reams of    大量的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 신문지 480매, 다량의 종이

2.
v. tr. - 뚫다, 짜다, 속이다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 連, たくさん
v. - あける, 広げる, しぼる

idioms:

• reams of    たくさんの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ماعون ورق (فعل) يستخرج عصارة الثمرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חמש מאות גליונות, חבילה, כמות גדולה של נייר, כמות גדולה של כתיבה‬
v. tr. - ‮הרחיב (חור) במקדחה, עשה בו מעשה סדום (מדוברת), סחט מיץ מפרי, פתח סדק (באוניה) כדי לסתמו‬

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