[
UK
/ɹˈiːm/
]
[ US /ˈɹim/ ]
[ US /ˈɹim/ ]
VERB
-
enlarge with a reamer
ream a hole -
squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer
ream oranges -
remove by making a hole or by boring
the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment
NOUN
-
a large quantity of written matter
he wrote reams and reams - a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
How To Use ream In A Sentence
- A heart will not be hurt for pursuing a dream, when you truly want something, all the universe conspires to help you complete the.
- The blame for this month's wet weather lies with the jet stream winds a few miles high. Times, Sunday Times
- I play the piano, so it is natural for me to think ‘harmonically’ a lot of the time (one can hear harmonies instantly on a piano; also mainstream jazz is extremely harmony driven).
- Last night, a steady stream of people arrived at the evacuation centre in Brisbane's showground, only a few minutes' drive from the swollen river. Brisbane residents flee homes as floodwaters rise
- It was her dream to have a little cottage in the country.
- As a streaming technology, tape drives work best when data is coming to them at their rated speed.
- Somewhere in the far regions of her mind a voice was screaming warnings.
- Fly fishers in the salt water environment need something entirely different to their freshwater counterpart on the chalk stream, as does the angler who fishes big reservoirs.
- ‘I had a dream,’ said Logan in his sing-song voice.
- You captain the dream team of smart thinkers that shine with self-confidence and boundless energy. The Sun