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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

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"
    
4. [N. Amer] Censure severely or angrily
   - call on the carpet [US], take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
    
5. [N. Amer] Deprive of by deceit
   - victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], grift [N. Amer]

Derived forms: reams, reaming, reamed

See also: reamer

Type of: cheat, chisel, criticise [Brit], criticize, definite quantity, enlarge, express, extract, knock, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, pick apart, press out, remove, rip off, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Ream