Definition of reed Reed
/ɹiˈd/ - [reed] - Reed
We found 29 definitions of reed from 7 different sources.
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| reed - tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites | ||
| graminaceous plant, gramineous plant cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves | ||
| arundo conspicua, chionochloa conspicua, toitoi, toetoe used by Maoris for thatching | ||
| arundo donax, giant reed large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles | ||
| 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" | ||
| vibrating reed | ||
| vibrator mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage | ||
| 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) | ||
| John Reed | ||
| reed - United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) | ||
| Walter Reed | ||
| reed - a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed | ||
| beating-reed instrument, reed instrument | ||
| woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood any wind instrument other than the brass instruments | ||
| double-reed instrument, double reed a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together | ||
| free-reed a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture | ||
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Wiktionary 
- reed (Noun)
Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water. - reed (Noun)
The hollow stem of these plants. - reed (Noun)
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. - reed (Noun)
A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed. - reed (Noun)
A comb like tool for beating the weft when weaving. - reed (Noun)
reeding. - reed (Verb)
To mill or mint with reeding.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- reed (a.)
Red. - reed (v. & n.)
Same as Rede. - reed (n.)
The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet. - reed (n.)
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). - reed (n.)
A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe. - reed (n.)
An arrow, as made of a reed. - reed (n.)
Straw prepared for thatching a roof. - reed (n.)
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. - reed (n.)
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. - reed (n.)
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. - reed (n.)
A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting. - reed (n.)
Same as Reeding.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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reed
Any of various types of tall stiff grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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reed
rēd, v.t. and v.i. (Spens.) to deem -
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rēd, n. the common English name of certain tall grasses, growing in moist or marshy places, and having a very hard or almost woody culm: a musical pipe anciently made of a reed: the sounding part of several musical instruments, as the clarinet, bassoon, oboe, and bagpipe: the speaking part of the organ, though made of metal: the appliance in weaving for separating the threads of the warp, and for beating the weft up to the web: a tube containing the powder-train leading to the blast-hole: a piece of whalebone, &c., for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress: (poet.) a missile weapon: reeds or straw for thatch: a measuring reed.—v.t. to thatch.—ns. Reed′-band, a musical band including clarinets and other reed-instruments; Reed′-bird, the bobolink; Reed′-bunt′ing, the black-headed bunting of Europe.—adjs. Reed′ed, covered with reeds: formed with reed-like ridges or channels; Reed′en, consisting of a reed or reeds.—ns. Reed′er, a thatcher; Reed′-grass, any one of the grasses called reeds; Reed′iness, the state of being reedy; Reed′ing, the milling on the edge of a coin: (archit.) ornamental beaded mouldings, &c.; Reed′-in′strument, a musical instrument, the tone of which is produced by the vibration of a reed; Reed′-knife, a metal implement for adjusting the tuning wires in a pipe-organ; Reed′ling, the European bearded titmouse; Reed′-mace, any plant of the genus Typha, esp. either of two species, also called Cat's tail, the most common of which grows to a height of five or six feet, and is sometimes called Bulrush; Reed′-mō′tion, the mechanism which in power-looms moves the batten; Reed′-or′gan, a key-board musical instrument of which the harmonium and the American organ are the principal types; Reed′-pheas′ant, the bearded titmouse or reedling; Reed′-pipe, in organ-building, a pipe whose tone is produced by the vibration of a reed: Reed′-plane, a concave-soled plane used in making beads; Reed′-stop, a set of reed-pipes in organs, the use of which is controlled by a single stop-knob; Reed′-war′bler, a species of the warblers, frequenting marshy places, and building its nest on the reeds which grow there—also Reed′-thrush; Reed′-wren, the greater reed-warbler: an American wren.—adj. Reed′y, abounding with reeds: resembling or sounding as a reed—n. masses of rods of iron imperfectly welded together. [A.S. hreód; Dut. riet, Ger. ried.]
Wikipedia 
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A reed is a piece of dry bamboo that is used in some musical instruments such as saxophones, clarinets and oboes. The musician blows air through the mouthpiece where the reed is firmly placed, and the air makes the reed vibrate; this vibration in the mouthpiece produces sound all along the instrument, which is changed into specific musical notes depending on the physical nature of the instrument.
Musical instruments that use reeds are members of the woodwind family, because many years ago the instruments were all made of wood. Today the instruments can be made of metal (brass, silver, gold), wood, or a hard plastic made to look like wood.
Other reeds can be made from metal or plastic.
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