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Bream vs Ream - What's the difference?

bream | ream |

As nouns the difference between bream and ream

is that bream is a european fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus abramis , little valued as food several species are known while ream is ream (of paper).

As a verb bream

is (nautical) to clean (eg a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc) by the application of fire and scraping.

bream

English

(wikipedia bream)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) braisme (compare French (compare Dutch brasem).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis , little valued as food. Several species are known.
  • (British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama .
  • An American fresh-water fish, of various species of and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
  • A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus , and allied genera. See sea bream.
    • Synonyms
    * (Abramis brama) carp bream
    Derived terms
    * silver bream * white bream

    Anagrams

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    Etymology 2

    Compare (broom), and (etyl) brennen (as in ein Schiff brennen ).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To clean (e.g. a ship's bottom of clinging shells, seaweed, etc.) by the application of fire and scraping.

    • ream

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) reme, rem, from (etyl) . See also (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • a huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) remen, rimen, . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
  • To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
  • To remove (material) by reaming.
  • To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
  • (slang) To yell at or berate.
  • (slang, vulgar) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) reeme, from (etyl) raime, .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
  • An abstract large amount of something.
    • I can't go - I still have reams of work left.
    Coordinate terms
    * (quantity of paper) bale, bundle, quire

    See also

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