Reed (r d), 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, Walter 1851-1902. American physician and army surgeon who proved that yellow fever was transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. |
| 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 hr od.] |
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
| Noun | 1. |  reed - tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmitesgraminaceous plant, gramineous plant - cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves 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. |  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) | |
| 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) |
Translations
n reed [riːd]
1 a kind of tall, stiff grass growing on wet or marshy ground reeds along a river-bank. riet قَصَب тръстика rákos rør; rørgræs das Schilf καλαμιά junco, caña kõrs, (pilli)roog گیاه نی kaisla roseau סוּף, קְנֵי סוּף नरकट, सरकण्डा, नरकुल trska, šaš nád buluh reyr canna, cannuccia あし 갈대 nendrė niedre; meldri sejenis rumput riet siv, (tak)rør trzcina junco trestie тростник trstina trst trska vass ต้นไม้จำพวกอ้อหรือกก kamış 蘆葦 очерет دلدلی پودے کی شاخ cây sậy 芦苇
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. riet لِسان المِزْمار платък plátek rørblad das Rohrblatt γλωσσίδι lengüeta (roog)lest, trost نیلبک ruokolehti anche לְשוֹנִית कम्पिका, रीड, पत्ती jezičak svirala nád(nyelv) pipa reyrblað, málmfjöður ancia, linguetta リード楽器 (관악기의) 리드 liežuvėlis (mūzikas instrumenta) mēlīte sejenis alat muzik riet rørblad stroik palheta ancie язычок jazýček; píšťala jeziček pisak rörblad ขลุ่ย kamış ağızlık 簧片 язичок بانسری یا باجا ống sáo bằng sậy 簧片
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