Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ream
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(reams) If you say that there are reams of paper or reams of writing, you mean that there are large amounts of it. (INFORMAL) Their specific task is to sort through the reams of information and try to determine what it may mean... N-COUNT: usu pl, usu N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English reme, from Anglo-French, ultimately from Arabic rizma, literally, bundle Date: 14th century 1. a quantity of paper being 20 quires or variously 480, 500, or 516 sheets 2. a great amount — usually used in plural ~s of information II. transitive verb Etymology: perhaps from Middle English *remen to open up, from Old English reman; akin to Old English ry?man to open up, rum space — more at room Date: 1815 1. a. to widen the opening of (a hole) ; countersink b. (1) to enlarge, shape, or smooth out (a hole) with a ~er (2) to enlarge the bore of (as a gun) in this way c. to remove by ~ing 2. a. to press out with a ~er b. to press out the juice of (as an orange) with a ~er 3. cheat, victimize 4. reprimand — often used with out ~s out his players so severely — Alexander Wolff ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. 1 twenty quires or 500 (formerly 480) sheets of paper (or a larger number, to allow for waste). 2 (in pl.) a large quantity of paper or writing (wrote reams about it). Etymology: ME rem, rim f. OF raime etc., ult. f. Arab. rizma bundle 2. v.tr. 1 widen (a hole in metal etc.) with a borer. 2 turn over the edge of (a cartridge-case etc.). 3 Naut. open (a seam) for caulking. 4 US squeeze the juice from (fruit). Derivatives reamer n. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. uncert. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) расширять (ствол скважины) 2) нефт. райберовать (трубы) 3) машиностр. развёртывать 4) сил. свиль; шлиф 5) выжимать сок на конусе 6) стопа бумаги (480 - 516 листов); стопа чертёжной бумаги (472 листа) 7) расшивать швы (палубы) ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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I noun 1) стопа бумаги (480 листов) 2) oft. pl.; coll. масса, огромное количество (бумаги, напечатанного, написанного); reams of verses disdain. - куча стихов II v. 1) tech. рассверливать, развертывать 2) mining расширять скважину ...Англо-русский словарь
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