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   Reed

   /rēd/

   

   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.
   • ▪ reeds growing in a mass or used as material, especially for making thatch or household items: "a reed curtain"
   • ▪ the tall, thin, straight stalk of a reed, used especially as material 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, that vibrates in a current of air to produce the sound of various musical instruments, as in the mouthpiece of a clarinet or oboe, at the base of some organ pipes, and as part of a set in the accordion and harmonica: "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 a comblike implement (originally made from reed or cane) used by a weaver to separate the threads of the warp and correctly position the weft.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 semicylindrical adjacent moldings like reeds laid together.

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. reedlike adjective

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   See also. Reed. Look up Reed or reed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reed or Reeds may refer to: Science, technology, biology, and medicine. Reed bird (disambiguation) Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times. Reed (plant), one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales. Reed reaction, in chemistry.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryreed | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   Definition of reed – Learner’s Dictionary. reed. noun [ C ] uk / riːd / us. a tall, stiff plant like grass that grows near water. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.

4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishread verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   [intransitive, transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols. She's still learning to read. Some children can read and write before they go to school. read something I can't read your writing. Can you read music? I'm trying to read the map.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › reededReeded Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   adjective. reed· ed ˈrē-dəd. 1. : decorated with reeding. a bed with reeded posts. 2. : having corrugations. a coin with a reeded edge. Examples of reeded in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Unlacquered brass hardware will patina over time and reeded glass on the upper cabinets add instant age.

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   1 day ago · Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed – the armorer on the “Rust” movie set who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in prison for the 2021 fatal shooting of ...

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   May 8, 2024 · In January, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings donated $1.1 billion in company stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a favorite donor-advised fund sponsor within the tech sector. SVCF holds 1,060 donor-advised funds and roughly $10.1 billion in net assets.. The easy-to-open accounts are also gaining preference with the less wealthy.

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   6 days ago · The second component of the World Mental Health Report's definition of “mental health condition” is “psychosocial disability”, which “arises when someone with a long-term mental impairment interacts with various barriers that may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others” 2.