reed

Speech parts

1. reed - Noun

2. reed - Adjective

3. reed - Verb

5. Reed - Proper noun

Meaning

Red.

Same as Rede.

The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.

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).

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

An arrow, as made of a 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.

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.

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.

A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.

Same as Reeding.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sedge stem rush cane stalk bulrush reed instrument beating-reed instrument vibrating reed quill piccolo bolt nib dart fife
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Antonyms

dally tiger tarry dawdle screen delay
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Hypernyms

plant tool grass comb component wood

Hyponyms

carrizo double reed giant reed common reed Arundo donax free-reed

Phrases with the word

broken reed sea reed Australian reed warbler common reed bunting as thin as a reed reed rail

Anagrams

deer dere dree rede Eder

Examples

the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece Source: Internet

A car with Donald Trump drives past supporters outside Walter Reed in Bethesda, Maryland, on 4 October. Source: Internet

A 19-yard completion from Kelly to receiver Andre Reed moved Buffalo out from the shadow of their own end zone, and they eventually reached the Cowboys 46-yard line, but they too were forced to punt. Source: Internet

6. We pray that reed ground and meadow ground may be at such price as they were in the first year of King Henry VII. Source: Internet

About the decision to run with Reed on three straight plays, Grant defended the decision since the Vikes twice had converted in the NFC title game against Dallas. Source: Internet

According to his letter to DCI, and in a conversation with The Chronicle, Mr. Reed says he then agreed to cancel the event. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

reecho reechoing reechy reed alert reed antelope reed babbler