reed

See also: Reed

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: rēd, IPA(key): /ɹiːd/, IPA(key): /ɹiːd/
  • Homophones: read, Reid, Reade, Read
  • Rhymes: -iːd
  • Audio (US)(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle English rede, from Old English hrēod. Akin to German Ried. No cognates in North Germanic languages, but the existence of an otherwise unattested Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌳 (*hriud) was supposed by the brothers Grimm.[1] They also theorised that the word may have a relation to the retas mentioned in Noctes Atticae (Aulus Gellius).[1]

Noun

reed (countable and uncountable, plural reeds)

  1. (countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
  2. (countable) The hollow stem of these plants.
  3. (countable, music) Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
  4. (countable, music) A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
  5. (countable, weaving) A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.
  6. (countable, historical) A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.
  7. (uncountable, architecture) Reeding.
  8. (mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
  9. Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
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Verb

reed (third-person singular simple present reeds, present participle reeding, simple past and past participle reeded)

  1. (transitive) To thatch.
  2. To mill or mint with reeding.

Etymology 2

See ree

Verb

reed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of ree

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

reed (plural reeds)

  1. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.

References
  1. The supposition about Gothic and the quote from Noctes Atticae in Deutsches Wörterbuch: "dixit ... amicus meus in libro se Gavi de origine vocabulorum VII legisse "retas" vocari arbores, quae aut ripis fluminum eminerent aut in alveis eorum exstarent"

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Dutch

Pronunciation 1
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːt, -eː
  • IPA(key): /reː(t)/
  • Homophones: reedt

Verb

reed

  1. singular past indicative of rijden

Pronunciation 2
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːt
  • IPA(key): /reːt/
  • Homophones: reedt

Verb

reed

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reden
  2. imperative of reden

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

reed

  1. (Chaucer) advice, counsel

Adjective

reed

  1. red
    • 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
      Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.
      Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.

West Frisian

Etymology 1

Noun

reed c (plural redens, diminutive reedsje)

  1. skate
Further reading
  • “reed (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

Noun

reed c (plural reden, diminutive reedsje)

  1. driveway
  2. journey
Further reading
  • “reed (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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