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Word: Reed
Speech Type: Noun
Old English hrēod, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch riet and German Ried
riːd
a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground.
Short Definition:tall plant of grass family
a weak or impressionable person
Short Definition:weak or impressionable person
Examples:- the jurors were mere reeds in the wind
a piece of thin cane or metal, sometimes doubled, which vibrates in a current of air to produce the sound of various musical instruments, as in the mouthpiece of a clarinet or oboe or at the base of some organ pipes
Short Definition:piece of thin cane or metal, sometimes doubled, which vibrates in current of air
Examples:- a reed instrument
an electrical contact used in a magnetically operated switch or relay
Short Definition:electrical contact used in magnetically operated switch or relay
Examples:- the permanent magnet closes the reeds and contacts together
- a reed relay
a comblike implement (originally made from reed or cane) used by a weaver to separate the threads of the warp and correctly position the weft.
Short Definition:comblike implement for separating threads of warp and correctly positioning weft
a set of semi-cylindrical adjacent mouldings like reeds laid together.
Short Definition:set of semi-cylindrical adjacent mouldings like reeds laid together
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