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Meanings of reed in English
Portuguese
palheta Catalan
instrument de llengüeta A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed.
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
Synonyms
Examples for "Walter Reed"
Examples for "Walter Reed"
1
I took it at Walter Reed Medical Centre in front of doctors.
2
That's something the staff at Walter Reed has no patience for: whining.
3
Maurice Burden, sitting on the bed in his room at Walter Reed.
4
The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is in suburban Maryland.
5
Kamen visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center while the device was being built.
Usage of reed in English
1
Two different reed switch behaviors were observed at different magnetic field strengths.
2
But the water kept rising, and the reed didn't reach high enough.
3
Then Spider placed a huge reed upon the top of the mesa.
4
The shores were hidden by the reed islands except toward the west.
5
The shepherd cut off the reed, and made a pipe of it.
6
Living in underground holes, its body resembled the flower of a reed.
7
To Hermione the thin sound of the reed-flute always had suggested Arcady.
8
This was contained in a hollow reed and suspended round their necks.
9
This is the golden reed with which we measure the celestial city.
10
Jo must have a fantastic metabolism; she's as slender as a reed.'
11
They take a reed and shave one side of the surface flat.
12
He does not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.
13
The bruised reed he will not break, nor quench the smoking flax.
14
He would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.
15
He put the thin reed to his lips, and blew upon it.
16
The voice of these latter was produced by means of reed whistles.
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Reed across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common