reem
UK/ɹiːm/
reem noun: a large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).
Noun
reem (plural reems)
- A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).
Verb
reem (third-person singular simple present reems, present participle reeming, simple past and past participle reemed)
- To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.
Adjective
reem (comparative reemer or more reem, superlative reemest or most reem)
- cool, excellent; desirable; sexy.
- The cast of The Only Way Is Essex have tried every fake tan in the universe and insist this is best before a reem night out.2011 June 13, Julie McCaffrey, “Forget a suntan, fake it, safely bake or soothe it”, in The Mirror
- Imagine a totally reem Hogwarts where Harry Potter looks like he should be in a Wham! video while Hermione's always on her pink BlackBerry and trying to catch Ron's attention by rolling up her skirt higher and higher.2012, Becci Fox, Confessions of an Essex Girl: A Smart, Sexy and Scandalously Funny Expose, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN
reem meaning in Bengali
reem in Bengali
- যাকে বিভিন্নভাবে বন্য ষাঁড়, আরবীয় অরিক্স
Forms of reem
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | reems |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | reems |
| present participle | reeming |
| past participle | reemed |
| past | reemed |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | reemer |
| comparative | more reem |
| superlative | reemest |
| superlative | most reem |
Origin of reem
From Biblical Hebrew רְאֵם (r'em).
Compare ream (“to make a hole in”).
Of unclear origins, popularised by Joey Essex. Possibly derived from cream or ream.
Words that rhyme with reem
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upstream
- deem
- dream
- scream
- team
- academe
- bream
- downstream
- esteem
- forebeam
- supreme
- teem
- A team
- ice cream
- under one's own steam
- abeam
- addeem
- astream
- beseem
- centime
- decime
- deme
- fleam
- inseam
- Karim
- preem
- rheme
- seem
- agleam
- breme
- buffer beam
- distream
- foredream
- haem
- heme
- Kareem
- kilim
- leam
- leme
- let off steam
- meem
- misesteem
- misseem
- neem
- on stream
- prime
- redream
- reim
Questions about reem
- What does reem mean?
- Reem means a large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).
- What is reem in Bengali?
- Reem in Bengali is যাকে বিভিন্নভাবে বন্য ষাঁড়, আরবীয় অরিক্স. See Reem meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is reem?
- Reem can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce reem?
- Reem is pronounced /ɹiːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of reem?
- The plural of reem is reems.
Words near reem in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reem (page history and authors); reem (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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