Definitions for Reed
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 7 votes

1. reednoun

   tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

2. Reed, John Reednoun

   United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)

3. Reed, Walter Reednoun

   United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

4. reed, vibrating reednoun

   a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it

   "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"

5. beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reednoun

   a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reednoun

   Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

2. reednoun

   The hollow stem of these plants.

3. reednoun

   Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising of a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.

4. reednoun

   A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.

5. reednoun

   reeding

6. Reednoun

   transferred from the surname.

7. Reednoun

   A surname, a spelling variant of Reid.

8. Reednoun

   A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

9. Reednoun

   A village in Hertfordshire, England.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. REEDnoun

   Etymology: reod , Saxon; ried, German; arundo, Lat.

   1. An hollow knotted stalk, which grows in wet grounds.

   A reed is distinguished from the grasses by its magnitude, and by its having a firm stem: the species are, the large manured cane or reed, the sugar cane, the common reed, the variegated reed, the Bambu cane, and dark red reed. Philip Miller.

   This Derceta, the mother of Semiramis, was sometimes a recluse, and falling in love with a goodly young man, she was by him with child, which, for fear of extreme punishment, she conveyed away and caused the same to be hidden among the high reeds which grew on the banks of the lake. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

   The knotty bulrush next in order stood,
   And all within of reeds a trembling wood. Dryden.

   Her lover Cimon lay concealed in the reeds. William Broome.

   2. A small pipe.

   I’ll speak between the change of man and boy
   With a reed voice. William Shakespeare.

   Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed
   Of Hermes. John Milton.

   3. An arrow.

   When the Parthian turn’d his steed,
   And from the hostile camp withdrew;
   With cruel skill the backward reed
   He sent; and as he fled, he slew. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reed

   A reed is a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground. It may also refer to the thin strip of material, such as metal or wood, which produces sound in some musical instruments when caused to vibrate, such as in a wind instrument.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reedadjective

   red

2. Reed

   same as Rede

3. Reednoun

   the fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet

4. Reednoun

   a name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis)

5. Reednoun

   a musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe

6. Reednoun

   an arrow, as made of a reed

7. Reednoun

   straw prepared for thatching a roof

8. Reednoun

   a small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube

9. Reednoun

   one of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ

10. Reednoun

    a frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten

11. Reednoun

    a tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting

12. Reednoun

    same as Reeding

13. Etymology: [AS. hred; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reed

   A reed is a thin strip of material which vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument. The reeds of most woodwind instruments are made from Arundo donax or synthetic material; tuned reeds are made of metal or synthetics.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reed

   rēd, v.t. and v.i. (Spens.) to deem.

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1. reed

   Song lyrics by reed -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by reed on the Lyrics.com website.

2. REED

   What does REED stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the REED acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. REED

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Reed is ranked #73 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Reed surname appeared 277,030 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 94 would have the surname Reed.
   
   71.2% or 197,495 total occurrences were White.
   22.6% or 62,692 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 6,372 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.2% or 6,150 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1% or 2,909 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 1,413 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Communist
   • Gramineous Plant
   • Journalist
   • Surgeon
   • Vibrator

Anagrams for Reed »

1. deer

2. dere

3. de re

4. dree

5. rede

How to pronounce Reed?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reed in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Reed in a Sentence

1. Rayjon Tucker:

   Denver signed Rayjon Tucker, Carlik Jones and Davon Reed to 10-day contracts to fill out the roster. While certainly not happy at the situation that gave Rayjon Tucker the opportunity, Carlik Jones was excited to have Rayjon Tucker first chance to serve as a head coach in an NBA game. ' It’s a thrill, i knew it would be. You wait for this moment and it was a lot of fun.

2. Donald Trump:

   Our Great Larry Kudlow, who has been working so hard on trade and the economy, has just suffered a heart attack. He is now in Walter Reed Medical Center.

3. House Republicans:

   Senator McCain is currently receiving treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center for normal side effects of his ongoing cancer therapy, senator McCain looks forward to returning to work as soon as possible.

4. Feltham:

   It was a false maxim of Domitian that he who would gain the people of Rome must promise all things and perform nothing. For when a man is known to be false in his word, instead of a column, which he might be by keeping it, for others to rest upon, he becomes a reed, which no man will vouchsafe to lean upon. Like a floating island, when we come next day to seek it, it is carried from the place we left it in, and, instead of earth to build upon, we find nothing but inconstant and deceiving waves.

5. Victoria Buklova:

   A pardon presupposes an admission of guilt, and our client does not admit guilt, we believe that the entire body of evidence, including a number of examinations, confirms Reed's innocence of the crime incriminated to Trevor Reed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Reed
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reed
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Reed
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Reed
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Reed
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Reed
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html