Leam vs Ream - What's the difference?
leam | ream |
To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
* Sir Walter Scott
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.
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
An abstract large amount of something.
As nouns the difference between leam and ream
is that leam is (uk|dialectal) a gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing or leam can be a cord or strap for leading a dog while ream is ream (of paper).As a verb leam
is (intransitive|uk|dialectal) to gleam; shine; glow.leam
English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) lemen, from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) leme, from (etyl) .See also
* gleamEtymology 3
See (leamer), (lien).Anagrams
* ----ream
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) reme, rem, from (etyl) . See also (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)- 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)Etymology 3
From (etyl) reeme, from (etyl) raime, .Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- I can't go - I still have reams of work left.
