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   reed

   /riːd/

   noun

   • 1. a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground.
   • ▪ used in names of plants similar to the reed and growing in wet habitats, e.g. bur reed.
   • ▪ a tall straight stalk of a reed plant, used especially as a material in making thatch or household items: "a harvest of thatching reeds"
   • ▪ straw used for thatching. British
   • ▪ a rustic musical pipe made from a reed or from straw: literary "as if thy waves had only heard the shepherd's reed"
   • ▪ an arrow. literary
   • 2. a weak or impressionable person: "the jurors were mere reeds in the wind"
   • 3. a piece of thin cane or metal, sometimes doubled, which vibrates in a current of air to produce the sound of various musical instruments, as in the mouthpiece of a clarinet or oboe or at the base of some organ pipes: "a reed instrument"
   • ▪ a wind instrument played with a reed.
   • ▪ an organ stop with reed pipes.
   • 4. an electrical contact used in a magnetically operated switch or relay: "the permanent magnet closes the reeds and contacts together"
   • 5. a comblike implement (originally made from reed or cane) used by a weaver to separate the threads of the warp and correctly position the weft.
   • 6. a set of semi-cylindrical adjacent mouldings like reeds laid together.

   Word Origin Old Englishhrēod, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch riet and German Ried.

   Derivatives

   • 1. reedlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   REED definition: 1. (the hollow stem of) any of various types of tall, stiff plants like grasses growing together in…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of REED is any of various tall grasses with slender often prominently jointed stems that grow especially in wet areas. How to use reed in a sentence.

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   Reed definition: the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.. See examples of REED used in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishREED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A reed is a small piece of cane or metal inserted into the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument. The reed vibrates when you blow through it and makes a sound.

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   REED meaning: 1. (the hollow stem of) any of various types of tall, stiff plants like grasses growing together in…. Learn more.

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   n. 1. a. Any of various tall perennial grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, having hollow stems and large plumelike panicles and growing in wetlands. b. Any of several similar plants, such as the papyrus. c. The stalk of any of these plants. d. A collection of these stalks: reed for making baskets. 2.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › reedReed - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   A reed is a woody plant with long, slender leaves. Reeds need a lot of moisture, and they usually grow in or near a marsh. The stalk of a reed plant is also called a reed, and it's from this stiff, wood-like material that reeds for certain musical instruments were first made.