Reeds can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| reed - To mill or mint with reeding. | ||
Noun |
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| reed - tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites | ||
| 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" | ||
| 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) | ||
| Reed - United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) | ||
| reed - a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed |
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| 1. | noun | A swan is gliding toward the reeds. | |
| 2. | noun | Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. | |
| 3. | noun | The woodwind section includes both pipes and reeds. | |
| 4. | noun | Here he saw a pool of water, clear to its very depths. There were no marsh reeds round it, no sterile sedge, no spikes of rushes: it was crystal liquid. The edges of the pool were bordered by fresh turf, and the grass was always green. | |
| 5. | noun | Their sports were of a childish, pastoral character; Chloe would neglect her flock to roam in search of day-lilies, the stalks of which she twisted into traps for locusts; while Daphnis often played from morn till eve upon a pipe, which he had formed of slender reeds, perforating them between their joints, and securing them together with soft wax. | |
| 6. | noun | At other times he taught her to play on the pipe, and as she began to breathe into it he snatched it from her, pressed the reeds to his lips and made them sound, under pretence of teaching her and rectifying her errors; but in reality his purpose was to kiss those parts of the instrument which her lips had touched, and thus the pipe became a conductor for his kisses. | |
| 7. | noun | I need to buy a couple of clarinet reeds. | |
| 8. | noun | He's hiding in the reeds. | |
| 9. | noun | Sheltered by a tarpaulin from the blazing sun, a group of Kenyan women weave handfuls of dried reeds, their practiced hands turning them into exquisite baskets, mats and hats that have been sold to tourists from around the world. | |
| 10. | noun | One of the reeds of my harmonica has gone flat. | |
| 11. | noun | Islands rely on reeds, just as reeds rely on islands. | |
| 12. | noun | The harmonium, accordion and mouth organ are aerophones with vibrating reeds. | |
| 13. | noun | Reeds are very nutritious. | |
| 14. | noun | Most bassoonists make their own reeds. | |
| 15. | noun | Yanni needs to soak these reeds to weave his basket. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| A swan is gliding toward the reeds. | |
| Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. | |
| The woodwind section includes both pipes and reeds. | |
| Here he saw a pool of water, clear to its very depths. There were no marsh reeds round it, no sterile sedge, no spikes of rushes: it was crystal liquid. The edges of the pool were bordered by fresh turf, and the grass was always green. | |
| Their sports were of a childish, pastoral character; Chloe would neglect her flock to roam in search of day-lilies, the stalks of which she twisted into traps for locusts; while Daphnis often played from morn till eve upon a pipe, which he had formed of slender reeds, perforating them between their joints, and securing them together with soft wax. | |
| At other times he taught her to play on the pipe, and as she began to breathe into it he snatched it from her, pressed the reeds to his lips and made them sound, under pretence of teaching her and rectifying her errors; but in reality his purpose was to kiss those parts of the instrument which her lips had touched, and thus the pipe became a conductor for his kisses. | |
| I need to buy a couple of clarinet reeds. | |
| He's hiding in the reeds. | |
| Sheltered by a tarpaulin from the blazing sun, a group of Kenyan women weave handfuls of dried reeds, their practiced hands turning them into exquisite baskets, mats and hats that have been sold to tourists from around the world. | |
| One of the reeds of my harmonica has gone flat. | |
| Islands rely on reeds, just as reeds rely on islands. | |
| The harmonium, accordion and mouth organ are aerophones with vibrating reeds. | |
| Reeds are very nutritious. | |
| Most bassoonists make their own reeds. | |
| Yanni needs to soak these reeds to weave his basket. | |