Reed Definition & Meaning
reed
- noun
- tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
- 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)
- United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
- 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"
- a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
"Reed" in song lyrics
See how reed is used in real songs:
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"Good sex and bump shoes like Richard Reed"
7L & Esoteric — Loud and Clear -
"From a lifeless ball of clay, empty as a hollow reed"
Akbar — Those Who Say -
"Like a stick for the split of the Red Sea or the reed"
Da T.R.U.T.H. — Incredible Christian
Words that rhyme with reed
Usage tips for "reed"
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