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Rim vs Ream - What's the difference?

rim | ream |

Ream is a alternative form of rim.



As nouns the difference between rim and ream

is that rim is an edge around something, especially when circular while ream is cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.

As verbs the difference between rim and ream

is that rim is to form a rim on while ream is to cream; mantle; foam; froth.

rim

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rim, rym, rime, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An edge around something, especially when circular.
  • wheelrim
    • See also
    * (wheel rim) mag wheel, alloy wheel

    Verb

    (transitive)
  • To form a rim on.
  • To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit
    • Palm trees rim the beach.
    A walking path rims the island.
  • (label) To roll around a rim.
    • The golf ball rimmed the cup.
    The basketball rimmed in and out.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rim, rym, ryme, reme, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A membrane.
  • The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely, the intestines; the lower part of the abdomen; belly.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1599, author=Shakespeare, title=King Henry V, chapter=Act IV, scene IV - Pistol to a captured French soldier from whom he wants a ransom and whom he does not understand
    • , passage=Moy shall not serve; I will have forty moys; / Or I will fetch thy rim out at thy throat / In drops of crimson blood.}}

    Etymology 3

    From a variation of ream.

    Verb

    (rimm)
  • (label) to lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.
  • * 2008 , Lexy Harper, Bedtime Erotica for Freaks (Like Me) , page 216
    • When she started thrusting her hips back against his finger, he turned her over and rimmed her asshole as he fingered her clit.

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    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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