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| 1. | the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, esp. of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places. |
| 2. | any of the plants themselves. |
| 3. | such stalks or plants collectively. |
| 4. | anything made from such a stalk or from something similar, as an arrow. |
| 5. | Music.
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| 6. | Textiles. the series of parallel strips of wires in a loom that force the weft up to the web and separate the threads of the warp. |
| 7. | an ancient unit of length, equal to 6 cubits. Ezek. 40:5. |
| 8. | to decorate with reed. |
| 9. | to thatch with or as if with reed. |
| 10. | to make vertical grooves on (the edge of a coin, medal, etc.). |
| 11. | a broken reed, a person or thing too frail or weak to be relied on for support: Under stress he showed himself to be a broken reed. |
[reed] | 1. | Sir Carol, 1906–76, British film director. |
| 2. | Ishmael (Scott), born 1938, U.S. novelist and poet. |
| 3. | John, 1887–1920, U.S. journalist and poet. |
| 4. | Stanley For⋅man [fawr-muhn] , 1884–1980, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1938–57. |
| 5. | Thomas Brackett, 1839–1902, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1889–91, 1895–99. |
| 6. | Walter C., 1851–1902, U.S. army surgeon who proved that a type of mosquito transmits the yellow fever virus. |
| 7. | a male given name, form of Read. |
[ree, rey] | to sift (grain, peas, beans, etc.). |
| a wind instrument with a single or double reed, as a saxophone or an oboe. |
| reed (rēd) n.
[Middle English rede, from Old English hrēod.] |
| Reed (rēd) 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. |
A thin piece of wood or plastic used in many woodwind instruments. It vibrates when the player holds it in the mouth and blows over it (as with a single reed) or through it (as with a double reed). Clarinets and saxophones use a single reed; bassoons and oboes use a double reed.
Reed (rēd), Walter. 1851-1902.
American surgeon who led the commission that proved experimentally that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes.
| Reed (rēd) Pronunciation Key
American physician and army surgeon who proved in 1900 that yellow fever was transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. His research led to the mosquito eradication programs carried out by William Gorgas that virtually eradicated yellow fever from Havana, Cuba, and from the Panama Canal Zone. |
Reed
(1.) "Paper reeds" (Isa. 19:7; R.V., "reeds"). Heb. 'aroth, properly green herbage growing in marshy places. (2.) Heb. kaneh (1 Kings 14:15; Job 40:21; Isa. 19:6), whence the Gr. kanna, a "cane," a generic name for a reed of any kind. The reed of Egypt and Palestine is the Arundo donax, which grows to the height of 12 feet, its stalk jointed like the bamboo, "with a magnificent panicle of blossom at the top, and so slender and yielding that it will lie perfectly flat under a gust of wind, and immediately resume its upright position." It is used to illustrate weakness (2 Kings 18:21; Ezek. 29:6), also fickleness or instability (Matt. 11:7; comp. Eph. 4:14). A "bruised reed" (Isa. 42:3; Matt. 12:20) is an emblem of a believer weak in grace. A reed was put into our Lord's hands in derision (Matt. 27:29); and "they took the reed and smote him on the head" (30). The "reed" on which they put the sponge filled with vinegar (Matt. 27:48) was, according to John (19:29), a hyssop stalk, which must have been of some length, or perhaps a bunch of hyssop twigs fastened to a rod with the sponge. (See CANE.)