Reed Definition

rēd
reeds
noun
reeds
Any of various tall, slender grasses (esp. genus Phragmites), with plumelike inflorescences, growing in wet or marshy land.
Webster's New World
Any of several similar plants, such as the papyrus.
American Heritage
The stem of any of these grasses.
Webster's New World
Such plants or stems collectively, specif. as material for thatching, basketwork, etc.
Webster's New World
A collection of these stalks.
Reed for making baskets.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Designating an instrument whose sound is produced by a vibrating reed or reeds, specif., the oboe, clarinet, saxophone, English horn, or bassoon.
Webster's New World
Of or for such an instrument or instruments.
A reed section.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
reeds
To thatch or decorate with reeds.
Webster's New World
To mill or mint with reeding.
Wiktionary

Simple past tense and past participle of ree.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A surname, a spelling variant of Reid.

Wiktionary
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Reed

Noun

Singular:
reed
Plural:
reeds

Origin of Reed

  • Middle English rede, Old English hrēod. Akin to German Ried. No cognates in North Germanic languages, but a Gothic [script?] (hriud) was derived. It is theorised that the word may have a relation to ritae in Noctes Atticae (Aulus Gellius).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English rede from Old English hrēod

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See ree

    From Wiktionary

Reed Sentence Examples

  • Papyrus was also known to the Assyrians, who called it " the reed of Egypt."

  • Tangs show that the shaft was a reed, sockets show that it was of wood.

  • The rest is open rice-land, alternating with great stretches of grass, reed jungle and bamboo scrub, much of which is under water for quite three months of the year.

  • The catamaran and the reed boat were known to the Peruvians.

  • The four leading Maya signs called kan, muluc, ix, cauac corresponded in their position to the four Aztec signs rabbit, reed, flint, house, but the meanings of the Maya signs are, unlike the Aztec, very obscure.

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Words Starting With

RREREE

Words Ending With

DEDEED

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Words Starting With R and Ending With D

Starts With R & Ends With DStarts With RE & Ends With DStarts With R & Ends With ED

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With R4 Letter Words Ending With D