reed English

Meaning reed meaning

What does reed mean?

Definitions in simple English

reed Noun

— A reed is a tall plant that grows in water. There are reeds growing by the pond.

— A reed is a thin piece of wood that is used in musical instruments. The oboe uses two reeds to play.

reed

— noun 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

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

— noun a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

Reed

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

— noun 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)

Synonyms reed synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as reed?

reed English » English

cane

rush

comb

pipe

vibrating reed

sedge

tule

stick

rushes

reeds

reed instrument

grass

flute

bulrush

beating-reed instrument

tongue

svirel

straw

steel hoop

stalk of grass

stalk

staff

spring

spear

shaft

rushy

ropefish

reedy grass

reedfish

reed-pipe

reed pipe

ratan

phragmites communis

papyrus

pan-pipe

otter weed

oboe

marsh grass

malacca

leg

leaf spring

frail

fishing rod

fife

drinking straw

common reed

cattail

calabash

button

bridge

Reed English » English

Walter Reed

John Reed

Topics reed topics

What do people use reed to talk about?

Universe, creation Plant

Grass, herb, vine

• What general types of small plants are there?
  herb grass vine aquatic bulb bulbous briar brier burr cactus cane creeper cultivated fern flowering gourd reed sod sprawling thorny weed wild
• What types of grass are there?
  alfalfa bamboo barley bluegrass buckwheat bulrush burmuda grass cane cereal clover corn crabgrass elephant grass foxtail grass horsetail knotgrass lemongrass maize millet oat reed rye sesame shortgrass sorghum speargrass sugarcane weed wheat
• What types of reeds are there?
  reed papyrus rush cane sugarcane bamboo

Universe, creation Plant

Parts of a plant

• What words refer to the trunk?
  trunk stalk reed bole woody base

Social behavior Social activity Music

Musical instrument

• What words refer to the parts of musical instruments?
  mouthpiece bell key keyboard drumstick reed bow string fret pick organ pipe

Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building materials

• What materials are used to make a building?
  rafter pole center pole horizontal pole pillar roofing tin sheet thatch leaf roof shingle brick iron rod mud reed wattle paint board beam

Work and occupation Occupation Crafts

Weaving baskets and mats

• What materials are used to weave things?
  reed palm leaf rope string

Examples reed examples

How do I use reed in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Heck, with oboe players there are those who, rather than search for a reed that suits them, find it faster to make their own.

Legendary American singer Lou Reed has died at the age of seventy-one.

The reed bends in the wind.

Movie subtitles

Reed birds from the Nile.

Your little reed birds aren't enough for me.

The reed birds again.

Mr. Reed was coming to see you in half an hour. I've canceled the appointment.

Mrs. Reed.

I want to be Mrs. Reed.

But I want to be Mrs. Reed really.

Hello, Mr. Reed.

Mr. Reed looked in.

Mr. Reed. Oh, Mr. Reed.

Oh, don't worry, Mr. Reed. Sue Ellen and I phoned the police just as soon as we heard the racket.

Smiling Billy Reed.

If it's time you need, see Billy Reed.

He was born Richmond Reed Carradine, but his name was changed to John Carradine when he went under contract to Twentieth Century Fox in 1935.

Find Captain Reed!

Oh, Captain Reed.

Mr. Joyce? Mr. Reed was coming to see you in half an hour. I've canceled the appointment.

Perhaps, Mr. Reed, you would like to have tea in my apartment?

You're so normal, you're in love with me, Oliver Reed, a good, plain Americano.

Nice. I want to be Mrs. Reed.

Oh, do you wanna go up to the office, Mr. Reed?

Hello, Mr. Reed. - Minnie.

It was dark down here, and Mrs. Reed coming in unexpectedly frightened me.

Mrs. Reed fears the past, and you fear the present.

The story Mrs. Reed told me? - Yes.

Mrs. Reed has a very strong imagination. and you have an equally strong conscience.

To understand this, I should first have to hear. Mrs. Reed's version of the story myself.

My dear Mrs. Reed, sometimes in my profession. there comes a contest of wills between the doctor and his patient.

I'll have the commitment papers drawn up. and arrange an interview with Mrs. Reed at her apartment tonight.

News and current affairs

The weak reed in capitalism is not the labor market, but the financial market.

The group of core senators pushing for financial reform is already strong, including Sherrod Brown, Jeff Merkley, Carl Levin, and Jack Reed.

But if you say that you favor protection from imports, you are painted into a corner with Reed Smoot and Willis C. Hawley, authors of the infamous 1930 US tariff bill.