Noun | 1. | reed - tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites |
2. | Reed - 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) Synonyms: John Reed | |
3. | Reed - United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) Synonyms: Walter Reed | |
4. | reed - 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" Synonyms: vibrating reed | |
5. | reed - a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed Synonyms: beating-reed instrument |