Ream

Quick meaning: Ream is a noun meaning (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.

Meaning

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.

More Meanings

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
2. (transitive) To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.
3. (transitive) To remove (material) by reaming.
4. (transitive) To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a tool.
5. To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
6. (slang, vulgar, by extension from sense of enlarging a hole) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.
7. (slang) To yell at or berate.

Example Sentences

a huge pewter measuring pot […] which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret

Word Forms

• reams
• reaming
• reamed

Synonyms for ream

Depending on context, synonyms include nail, root, tap, rime.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hone, grind, countersink, range, enlarge, instalment.

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