different between reaf vs ream

English

Noun

reaf (plural reafs)

1. Obsolete spelling of reef
   • 1834 August 2, Niles' Register, page 384:

     A large number of vessels continued to be wrecked, and a vast amount of property is lost on the Florida reafs.

   • 1891, H. A. Moriarty, Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, Westward of Longitude 80° east, including Madagascar, page 124:

     The largest ships may pass between the outer reafs and the Black rocks.

Anagrams

• FERA, Fear, Fera, Rafe, fare, fear

Middle English

Noun

reaf

1. Alternative form of reif

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræ???f/

Noun

r?af m or n

1. plunder, spoil, booty
2. raiment, garment, robe, vestment
3. armor

Derived terms

• r?afl?c (“robbery”)

Related terms

• r?afian

Descendants

• Middle English: ræf, raf, ref, reif
  • English: reif
  • Scots: reif

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?m/
• Homophone: rheme
• Rhymes: -i?m

Etymology 1

From Middle English reme, rem, from Old English r?am (“cream”), from Proto-Germanic *raumaz (“cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewg?mn?- (“to sour [milk]”).

Cognate with Dutch room (“cream”), German Rahm (“cream”), Norwegian rømme (“sour cream”), Icelandic rjómi (“cream”). See also ramekin.

Alternative forms

• reem, raim

Noun

ream

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.

Verb

ream (third-person singular simple present reams, present participle reaming, simple past and past participle reamed)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cream; mantle; foam; froth.

Etymology 2

From Middle English remen, rimen, rümen (“to open up”), from Old English r?man (“to make roomy, extend, widen, spread, enlarge, amplify, prolong, clear, open up, make clear by removing obstructions, to clear a way”), from Proto-West Germanic *r?mijan, from Proto-Germanic *r?mijan? (“to make roomy, give room, remove”), from Proto-Indo-European *row- (“free space”). Cognate with Dutch ruimen (“to empty, evacuate”), German räumen (“to make room”), Icelandic rýma (“to make room, clear”). More at room.

Alternative forms

• reem, rim, rime

Verb

ream (third-person singular simple present reams, present participle reaming, simple past and past participle reamed)

1. To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
2. To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
3. To remove (material) by reaming.
4. To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
5. (slang) To yell at or berate.
6. (slang, vulgar, by extension from sense of enlarging a hole) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.

Synonyms

• (to sexually penetrate): dig out, nail, root, tap; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English reme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”) (French rame), from Arabic ???????? (rizma, “bundle”).

Alternative forms

• reme

Noun

ream (plural reams)

1. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
2. (chiefly in the plural) An abstract large amount of something.

Synonyms

• (abstract large amount): bunch, load, pile; see also Thesaurus:lot

Coordinate terms

• (quantity of paper): bale, bundle, quire

Translations

See also

• Units of paper quantity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Amer., Arem, Erma, Maré, amer., mare, mear, rame, ramé

Friulian

Etymology

Probably from Latin regimen, regimine. Compare French royaume (Old French reaume, reiame), Occitan reialme, Romansh reginam.

Noun

ream

1. kingdom

Related terms

• re
• regn
• reâl

Latin

Noun

ream f

1. accusative singular of rea

Middle English

Noun

ream

1. Alternative form of rem

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raumaz. Cognate with Middle Low German r?m, Middle Dutch room, Old High German roum (German Rahm), Old Norse rjúmi (Icelandic rjómi, Norwegian rømme).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræ???m/

Noun

r?am m

1. cream

Descendants

• English: ream

Scots

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old English ream (“cream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rim/

Noun

ream (uncountable)

1. (food): cream
2. (ointment): cream