reed
Definition
- n. tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
- n. 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)
- n. United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
- n. a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
Word forms
- Plural
- reeds
Example sentences
n.
The pond was surrounded by tall reeds that swayed gently in the wind.
vt.
They decided to reed the roof of their hut to make it more durable.