ream
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a large quantity of written matter
he wrote reams and reams
Types & categories
- large indefinite quantity hypernym
Sense 2 verb
squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer
ream oranges
Types & categories
- press out hypernym
Related & opposite
- reamer derivation
Sense 3 noun
a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
Types & categories
- definite quantity hypernym
Parts & wholes
- quire part meronym
Sense 4 verb
remove by making a hole or by boring
the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
- ream verb group
Sense 5 verb
enlarge with a reamer
ream a hole
Types & categories
- enlarge hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | large indefinite quantity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reamer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | press out |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | quire |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | definite quantity |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | ream |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | reamer |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | ream |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | enlarge |