Definition of reed

"reed" in the noun sense

1. reed

tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

2. Reed, John 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, Walter Reed

United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

4. reed, vibrating 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"

5. beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reed

a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

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Quotations for reed

Lean not on a reed. [ Proverb ]

Every reed will not make a pipe. [ Proverb ]

In genial spring, beneath the quivering shade,
Where cooling vapors breathe along the mead,
The patient fisher takes his silent stand.
Intent, his angle trembling in his hand;
With looks unmoved, he hopes the scaly breed.
And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed. [ Pope ]

A blow with a reed makes a noise, but hurts not. [ Proverb ]

Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. [ Blaise Pascal ]

The fickle mob, how they are driven round by every wind that blows! Woe to him who leans on this reed! [ Friedrich Schiller ]

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed. [ George Henry Lewes ]

reed in Scrabble®

The word reed is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters reed:

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reed in Words With Friends™

The word reed is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters reed:

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Word Growth involving reed

Shorter words in reed

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Longer words containing reed

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reedbed reedbeds

reedbird reedbirds

reedbuck reedbucks

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