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Definition of 'reed'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) reed
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, esp. of the genus Phragmites, growing in marshy places.

2.  reed
any of the plants themselves.

3.  reed
such stalks or plants collectively, esp. as material for thatching.

4.  reed
anything made from such a stalk, as an arrow.

5.  reed
a small, flexible piece of cane or metal that, attached to the mouth of any of various wind instruments, is set into vibration by a stream of air and, in turn, sets into vibration the air column enclosed in the tube of the instrument.

6.  reed
the comblike device in a loom that separates the warp threads during weaving and is used to beat the filling yarns.

7.  reed
a small convex molding, usu. one of a series set in parallel rows as decoration.

8.  reed
an ancient unit of length, equal to 6 cubits. Ezek. 40:5.

9. (v.t.) reed
to decorate with reed.

10.  reed
to thatch with or as if with reed.

11.  reed
to make vertical grooves on (the edge of a coin, medal, etc.).

12. (n.) Reed
John, 1887–1920, U.S. journalist and poet.

13.  Reed
Walter C., 1851–1902, U.S. army surgeon.

Definition of 'reed'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) reed
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

2. (noun) Reed, John Reed
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. (noun) Reed, Walter Reed
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

4. (noun) reed, vibrating reed
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. (noun) beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reed
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

Definition of 'reed'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) reed
make redundant
a tall thin plant that grows in or near shallow water
birds hunting in the reeds

Definition of 'reed'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) reed
red

2. (noun) reed
the fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet

3. (noun) reed
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)

4. (noun) reed
a musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe

5. (noun) reed
an arrow, as made of a reed

6. (noun) reed
straw prepared for thatching a roof

7. (noun) reed
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

8. (noun) reed
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

9. (noun) reed
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

10. (noun) reed
a tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting

11. (noun) reed
same as Reeding

12. reed
same as Rede

Translation of 'reed'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a kind of tall, stiff grass growing on wet or marshy ground reeds along a river-bank.
Afrikaans: riet	Arabic: قَصَب	Bulgarian: тръстика
Brazilian: junco	Czech: rákos	German: das Schilf
Danish: rør; rørgræs	Greek: καλαμιά	Spanish: junco, caña
Estonian: kõrs, (pilli)roog	Farsi: گیاه نی	Finnish: ruoko
French: roseau	Hebrew: סוּף, קְנֵי סוּף	Hindi: नरकट, सरकण्डा, नरकुल
Croatian: trska,šaš	Hungarian: nád	Indonesian: buluh
Icelandic: reyr	Italian: canna, cannuccia	Japanese: あし
Korean: 갈대	Lithuanian: nendrė	Latvian: niedre; meldri
Malay: sejenis rumput	Dutch: riet	Norwegian: siv, (tak)rør
Polish: trzcina	Persian: گیاه نی	Pashto: دروى (نى) شپيلى، ژبى، (دس
Portuguese: junco	Romanian: trestie	Russian: тростник
Slovak: trstina	Slovenian: trst	Serbian: trska
Swedish: vass	Thai: ต้นไม้จำพวกอ้อหรือกก	Turkish: kamış
Taiwanese: 蘆葦	Ukrainian: очерет	Urdu: دلدلی پودے کی شاخ
Vietnamese: cây sậy	Chinese: 芦苇
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