nnoun.planttall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and PhragmitesDerivationally Related Form:reedy
Hypernyms:graminaceous plant gramineous plant
Inherited Hypernyms:reedgramineous plantherbvascular plantplantorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Arundo conspicuaArundo donaxChionochloa conspicuaPhragmites communiscarrizocommon reedditch reedgiant reedtoetoetoitoi
Full Hyponyms:ditch reedgiant reedtoetoe
nnoun.personUnited 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)Synset:John Reed Reed
Instance Hypernyms:commie communist journalist
Inherited Hypernyms:reedcommunistsocialistpoliticianleaderpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:reedcommunistsocialistpoliticianleaderpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:reedjournalistwritercommunicatorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:reedjournalistwritercommunicatorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.personUnited States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)Synset:Reed Walter Reed
Instance Hypernyms:operating surgeon sawbones surgeon
Inherited Hypernyms:reedsurgeondoctormedical practitionerhealth professionalprofessionaladultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:reedsurgeondoctormedical practitionerhealth professionalprofessionaladultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifacta vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over itSynset:vibrating reed
Examples:- the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
Hypernyms:vibrator
Inherited Hypernyms:reedvibratormechanical devicemechanismdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:double reed
Full Hyponyms:double reed
nnoun.artifacta musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reedSynset:beating-reed instrument reed instrument
Derivationally Related Form:reedy
Hypernyms:wood woodwind woodwind instrument
Inherited Hypernyms:beating-reed instrumentwoodwindwind instrumentmusical instrumentdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:double-reed instrumentdouble reedfree-reedsingle-reed instrumentsingle-reed woodwind
Full Hyponyms:b-flat clarinetbass clarinetbasset hornbassoonbombardonclarinetcontrabassoondouble-reed instrumentenglish hornfree-reedheckelphonehornpipekrummhornmusette pipeoboeoboe d'amoreoboe da cacciasaxshawmsingle-reed instrumenttenoroon