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31Reed — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of the genus Phragmites. b a tall straight stalk of this. 2 (collect.) reeds growing in a mass or used as material esp. for thatching. 3 Brit. wheat straw prepared for… …
32reed — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of the genus Phragmites. b a tall straight stalk of this. 2 (collect.) reeds growing in a mass or used as material esp. for thatching. 3 Brit. wheat straw prepared for… …
33reed — /rid / (say reed) noun 1. the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places. 2. the stalk of Phragmites australis, the common reed, which is a large perennial grass found… …
34REED — Three species of reed grow in Israel on the banks of rivers and swamps. Two of them, Phragmites communis and Arundo donax, are the kaneh of the Bible and rabbinical literature; the third, Saccharum biflorum, seems to be the biblical agmon. These… …
35Reed — n. unit of the Reed Elsevier Group which is a leading global provider of professional classroom materials and services for Pre Kindergarten through adult education More: http://www.harcourt.com >www.harcourt.comn. legal division of Reed Elsevier… …
36Reed — 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… …
37reed — Synonyms and related words: English horn, Pandean pipe, adjutage, aerophone, aftergrass, anthrophore, arrow, arrowhead, aulos, axis, bamboo, barb, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, bell, bobtailed arrow, bole, bolt, bombard, cambric tea, cane,… …
38Reed — This ancient surname, of English origin with variant spellings Reade, Reede, and Reide, has three sources. Firstly, it may be a nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, deriving from the Middle English re(a)d , Olde English pre… …
39reed — UK [riːd] / US [rɪd] noun Word forms reed : singular reed plural reeds 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a tall thin plant that grows near water. Its stems can be used to make things. A place where a lot of reeds grow is called a reed bed. b) [only… …
40Reed — /rid/ (say reed) noun 1. John, 1901–81, Australian publisher, joint editor and publisher of Angry Penguins with Max Harris; a strong influence in the development of modernism in Australian art. 2. Joseph, 1823?–1890, Australian architect, born in …
