REEDS Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word reeds. (close relations)
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| bulrushes | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa • tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America | ||||||
| flaggers | nounn | |||||
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| grasses | nounn | |||||
noun • German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) • narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay • a police informer who implicates many people • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle • street names for marijuana verb • shoot down, of birds • cover with grass • spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach • feed with grass • give away information about somebody | ||||||
| rushes | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner • physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) • a sudden forceful flow • grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems • the swift release of a store of affective force • a sudden burst of activity • (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line adjective satellite • not accepting reservations • done under pressure verb • move hurridly • attack suddenly • urge to an unnatural speed • act at high speed • run with the ball, in football • cause to move fast or to rush or race • cause to occur rapidly | ||||||
| sedges | nounn | |||||
noun • grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers | ||||||
| beating-reed instrument | nounn | |||||
noun • a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed | ||||||
| john reed | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • 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) | ||||||
| reed instrument | nounn | |||||
noun • a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed | ||||||
| vibrating reed | nounn | |||||
noun • a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it | ||||||
| walter reed | ||||||
noun • United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) | ||||||
