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Reed
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Reed  (rd), John 1887-1920.
American journalist. A World War I correspondent, he was in Petrograd during the October Revolution (1917), an experience he recounted in Ten Days That Shook the World (1919). In 1919 he founded the American Communist Labor Party. Reed is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow.

Reed, Thomas Brackett 1839-1902.
American politician. A U.S. representative from Maine (1877-1899), he twice served as Speaker of the House (1889-1891 and 1895-1899).

reed  (rd)
n.
1.
a. Any of various tall perennial grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites or Arundo, having hollow stems, broad leaves, and large plumelike terminal panicles.
b. The stalk of any of these plants.
c. A collection of these stalks: reed for making baskets.
2. Music A primitive wind instrument made of a hollow reed stalk.
3. Music
a. A flexible strip of cane or metal set into the mouthpiece or air opening of certain instruments to produce tone by vibrating in response to a stream of air.
b. An instrument, such as an oboe or clarinet, that is fitted with a reed.
4. A narrow movable frame fitted with reed or metal strips that separate the warp threads in weaving.
5. Architecture A reeding.

[Middle English rede, from Old English hrod.]

reed
Noun
1. a tall grass that grows in swamps and shallow water
2. a straight hollow stem of this plant
3. Music
a. a thin piece of cane or metal in certain wind instruments, which vibrates producing a musical note when the instrument is blown
b. a wind instrument or organ pipe that sounds by means of a reed [Old English hrēod]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Reedreed - 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
carrizo, common reed, ditch reed, Phragmites communis - tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
2.ReedReed - 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)
3.Reed - United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
4.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"
double reed - a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds
vibrator - a mechanical device that vibrates; "a reed is the vibrator that produces the sound"
5.reed - a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
double reed, double-reed instrument - a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together
free-reed - a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture
single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind - a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood - any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
Translations

reed [riːd] n (BOT) → junco, caña;
(MUS) [of clarinet etc] → lengüeta
reed [riːd] n (Bot) → roseau m;
(Mus) [of clarinet etc]; anche f
reed [riːd] n (Bot) → Schilf nt;
(Mus) (of clarinet etc) → Rohrblatt nt
reed [riːd] n (BOT) → canna;
(MUS) [of clarinet etc] → ancia

reed
n reed [riːd]
1 a kind of tall, stiff grass growing on wet or marshy ground reeds along a river-bank.rietقَصَبтръстикаrákosrør; rørgræsdas Schilfκαλαμιάjunco, cañakõrs, (pilli)roogگیاه نیkaislaroseauסוּף, קְנֵי סוּףनरकट, सरकण्डा, नरकुलtrska, šašnádbuluhreyrcanna, cannucciaあし갈대nendrėniedre; meldrisejenis rumputrietsiv, (tak)rørtrzcinajuncotrestieтростникtrstinatrsttrskavassต้นไม้จำพวกอ้อหรือกกkamış蘆葦очеретدلدلی پودے کی شاخcây sậy
2 a thin piece of cane or metal in certain wind instruments (eg the oboe, clarinet) which vibrates and makes a sound when the instrument is played. rietلِسان المِزْمارплатъкplátekrørbladdas Rohrblattγλωσσίδιlengüeta(roog)lest, trostنیلبکruokolehtiancheלְשוֹנִיתकम्पिका, रीड, पत्तीjezičak sviralanád(nyelv)pipareyrblað, málmfjöðurancia, linguettaリード楽器(관악기의) 리드liežuvėlis(mūzikas instrumenta) mēlītesejenis alat muzikrietrørbladstroikpalhetaancieязычокjazýček; píšťalajezičekpisakrörbladขลุ่ยkamış ağızlık簧片язичокبانسری یا باجاống sáo bằng sậy簧片

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