- the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- any of the plants themselves.
- such stalks or plants collectively.
- anything made from such a stalk or from something similar, as an arrow.
- Music.
- a pastoral or rustic musical pipe made from a reed or from the hollow stalk of some other plant.
- a small, flexible piece of cane or metal that, attached to the mouth of any of various wind instruments, is set into vibration by a stream of air and, in turn, sets into vibration the air column enclosed in the tube of the instrument.
- reed instrument.
- the series of parallel strips of wires in a loom that force the weft up to the web and separate the threads of the warp.
- an ancient unit of length, equal to 6 cubits. Ezekiel 40:5.
- to decorate with reed.
- to thatch with or as if with reed.
- to make vertical grooves on (the edge of a coin, medal, etc.).
- a person or thing too frail or weak to be relied on for support: Under stress he showed himself to be a broken reed.
- British film director.
- U.S. novelist and poet.
- U.S. journalist and poet.
- U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1938–57.
- U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1889–91, 1895–99.
- U.S. army surgeon who proved that a type of mosquito transmits the yellow fever virus.
- a male given name, form of Read.
- any of various widely distributed tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, esp P. communis, that grow in swamps and shallow water and have jointed hollow stalks
- the stalk, or stalks collectively, of any of these plants, esp as used for thatching
- music
- a thin piece of cane or metal inserted into the tubes of certain wind instruments, which sets in vibration the air column inside the tube
- a wind instrument or organ pipe that sounds by means of a reed
- one of the several vertical parallel wires on a loom that may be moved upwards to separate the warp threads
- a small semicircular architectural moulding
- an ancient Hebrew unit of length equal to six cubits
- an archaic word for arrow
- a weak, unreliable, or ineffectual person
- to fashion into or supply with reeds or reeding
- to thatch using reeds
- Sir Carol . 1906–76, English film director. His films include The Third Man (1949), An Outcast of the Islands (1951), and Oliver! (1968), for which he won an Oscar
- Lou . born 1942, US rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist: member of the Velvet Underground (1965–70). His albums include Transformer (1972), Berlin (1973), Street Hassle (1978), New York (1989), Set the Twilight Reeling (1996), and The Raven (2003)
- Walter . 1851–1902, US physician, who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1900)
