reed

[US]/riːd/
[UK]/rid/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.reed
reed
reed
reed
vt.thatches with reeds;decorates with reeds

Phrases & Collocations

rustling reeds

reed bed

tall reeds

swaying reeds

reed valve

reed switch

reed pipe

reed flute cave

john reed

Example Sentences

clumps of reed and grass.

reed for making baskets.

the jurors were mere reeds in the wind .

reed buntings preened at the pool's edge.

Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.

One of either Paddyfield Warbler A. agricola or Manchurian Reed Warbler A. tangorum.

Reed worked so well that they doubled his wages.

And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

The saxophone has a single reed mouthpiece like a clarinet , a conical brass body like an ophicleide, and a metal body with a flared bell .

And then Simon saw that what she had cradled, that which now dangled from an outflung hand, was a doll… a doll made from reeds and leaves and twining stems of grass.

The changes in chemical structure of residual lignin in reed kraft pulp after treatment with a white rot fungus,Panus conchatus have been investigated in the present paper.

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried overbasic+house+09 hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

Effects of polyvinylamine prepared by basic hydrolysis of poly(N-vinylformamide) on paper strength, drainage and retention of reed pulp and wheat straw pulp were investigated.

Real-world Examples

So he vanished from my sight; and I plucked a hollow reed.

Source: The Song of Innocence and Experience

The wind made a song as it blew across the hollow reeds.

Source: VOA Special March 2015 Collection

Little did Cao Cao know however that those ships were full of flammable reeds.

Source: Interesting History

It was pleasant there, with reeds and bulrushes.

Source: The Trumpet Swan

Woodwinds have air blown against a reed or sharp edge.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Sometimes people will spend hours soaking the glutinous rice washing reed leaves and wrapping zongzi by hands.

Source: World Holidays

And yet they can still be used for agriculture — by growing reeds.

Source: Environment and Science

If you ever reed this Miss Kinnian dont be sorry for me.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

In that time I had made some friends, gained much self-confidence, and finally lost my hatred of the Reeds.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

Egyptians enjoyed goats' milk cottage cheese, straining the whey with reed mats.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

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