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reed I. \ˈrēd\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rede, reod, from Old English hrēod; akin to Middle Dutch ried, riet reed, Old Saxon hriod, Old High German hriot, riot reed, Lithuanian krutėti to stir, move, Tocharian A kru reed 1. a. : any of various tall grasses with slender stems: as (1) : ditch reed (2) : giant reed 1 b. : a stem of such a grass c. : a person or thing too weak to rely on : one easily swayed or overcome 2. a. : a growth or mass of reeds : reeds for thatching or for plastering on b. : reeds as a material c. dialect England : straw prepared for thatching d. : the strong fibrous core of rattan used in basket weaving 3. : arrow 4. : a musical instrument made of the hollow joint of a plant (as of reed or cane) with a mouthpiece and finger holes : pipe < heard the shepherd's reed — Sir Walter Scott > 5. : an ancient Hebrew unit of length equal to 6 cubits or about 10.25 feet < the foundations … measured a full reed of six long cubits — Ezek 41:8 (Revised Standard Version) > 6. a. : a thin elastic tongue (as of cane, wood, metal, or plastic) fastened at one end to the mouthpiece of a musical instrument (as the clarinet or the organ reed pipe) or to a reed block or other fixture over an air opening (as in the reed organ or accordion) and set in vibration by the breath or other air current b. : the immediate mechanism (as the beak of a clarinet) surrounding and comprising the reed proper c. : a reed instrument < the reeds of an orchestra > d. : reed stop 7. a. (1) : a device on a loom that resembles a comb and is attached to the lay, set with a series of flat parallel wires called dents, and used to space the warp yarns evenly and to beat up the filling (2) : the fineness of cloth as determined by the number of dents and therefore of threads per inch of the reed b. : a comb of boxwood or other hard material for pressing down the weft of tapestry 8. a. : reeding 1 a b. : one of a series of corrugations on the edge of a coin
[reed 6a] II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English reden, from rede reed 1. a. : to cover with reed or thatch b. : to prepare (as straw) for use in thatching 2. : to decorate with reeds or reeding < the foot posts are deeply reeded — Antiques > 3. : to draw (yarns) through the reed of a loom < reed the warp > 4. : to make corrugations on (the edge of a coin) III. variant of rede IV. variant of read |