(n.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis).
(n.) A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
(n.) An arrow, as made of a reed.
(n.) Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
(n.) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube.
(n.) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ.
(n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.
(n.) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
(n.) Same as Reeding.
Example Sentences:
(1) 53 outpatients with HIV-infection classified according to the Walter Reed staging system (WR1 to WR6).
(2) Labour MP Jamie Reed, whose Copeland constituency includes Sellafield, called on the government to lay out details of a potential plan to build a new Mox plant at the site.
(3) That's, in fact, just what Reed Brody was thinking.
(4) In 19% of all cases, Reed-Sternberg cells were positive for epithelial membrane antigen and in 93% they were positive with TAL1B5 (anti-class II MHC).
(5) Furthermore, the large atypical cells of lymphomatoid papulosis also expressed other antigens (for example, T3, T4, HLA-DR, IL-2 receptors) that have previously been demonstrated on Reed-Sternberg cells.
(6) Belfast in Odd Man Out Released in 1947, directed by Carol Reed Facebook Twitter Pinterest Carol Reed is a brilliant director of cities in films.
(7) Reed and Heller represent the two states – Rhode Island and Nevada – with the highest unemployment rates in the US.
(8) Using this assay EBV was detected in the Reed-Sternberg cells of 33% and 45% of the two series of HD cases examined in this study.
(9) He did, but not for long: it was Reed's last season as a professional referee.
(10) But it was predictably a thin reed on which to build a doctrine.
(11) In a sneak preview of the findings, Howard Reed of Landman Economics, who was commissioned to do the work, told a meeting this week that "most of the gain" from raising the income tax allowance goes to "families who aren't very poor in the first place", and instead increasing tax credits for working low-income families was the "best targeted way of encouraging work among lone parents and workless couples".
(12) Archer, which Reed originally pitched to the FX channel as "James Bond meets Arrested Development" takes this premise – the comedy of displacement activity – and runs with it.
(13) Besides non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, paraffin sections of 87 biopsies from Hodgkin's disease were investigated for CIg in Hodgkin's and Sternberg-Reed cells.
(14) This requirement is one that Americans comply with every day to engage in mundane activities like cashing a check, opening a bank account or boarding a plane,” said Reed Clay, a special assistant under Abbott.
(15) Using monoclonal antibodies to leukocyte common antigen, granulocyte-related antigen, and B-cell specific antigens, L&H variants of Reed-Sternberg (R-S) cells in Hodgkin's disease, lymphocyte predominance type (nodular), exhibited a unique staining profile as compared with R-S cells of other histologic types.
(16) Jack Reed of Rhode Island, an honorary and non-voting member of the committee due to his seat as ranking member of the Senate armed services committee, also signed the letter, which was dated Tuesday and publicly released on Wednesday.
(17) The diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease continues to depend upon the finding of Reed-Sternberg cells in an appropriate histological setting.
(18) It's also a big day for company results, both in the UK: David Buik (@truemagic68) UK results today - INMARSAT, WINCANTON, HALFORDS, C&W COMM, SUPERGROUP, REED ELSEVIER, WM MORRISON, INVENSYS, TATE & LYLE, RANDGOLD November 7, 2013 And across Europe: Squawk Box Europe (@SquawkBoxEurope) Big earnings day in Europe.
(19) Other cell types including foam cells, lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, Reed-Sternberg-like and ganglion-like cells were commonly present.
(20) Both talents combined to push the genre to its limits: Reed could make great art out of pop.
Reedy
Definition:
(a.) Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.
(a.) Having the quality of reed in tone, that is, ///// and thin^ as some voices.
Example Sentences:
(1) The case against Reedy was dropped when her rapist – Wilbur Brown – was caught by another force and confessed.
(2) He said Mutko replied quickly saying the Russian authorities would co-operate but, as Reedie put it, “it won’t be easy”.
(3) And Wada is now looking into the latest claims, which Reedie described as “a real cause for concern”.
(4) More than a year after attacking Reedy, the man struck again, but this time he was caught and confessed to the earlier crime.
(5) Reedie said the official was able to test the athlete but only after being told by security officials that 30 days’ notice would be required in future, which “makes a mockery of the idea of no-notice testing”.
(6) When the charges against her were dropped, Reedy sued the police and has now won a marathon legal battle and a $1.5m (£1m) settlement against the detective who turned her from victim into accused.
(7) As Lincoln, Daniel Day-Lewis is excellent: he has the president's famous height, and his reedy, hushed manner of speaking.
(8) Reedy was swabbed for forensic evidence, but the material was never tested.
(9) Reedy's flared X of four bridges, which appears rotated 60 degrees at successive levels on the thick filament, depends on the orientation of the actin filaments in the whole lattice as well as on the range of movement in each cross-bridge.
(10) Reedy was 19 when the man entered the petrol station near Pittsburgh where she was working to pay her way through college and pulled a gun.
(11) Many seasoned anti-doping veterans worry that Wada has been “captured” by the IOC, a shift they claim is embodied by Sir Craig Reedie’s appointment as president.
(12) Reedie argued that Wada has been doing its bit to increase funding – establishing a new $12m fund to research new testing methods and receiving an encouraging response to a recent plea to fund more investigations in the mould of Pound’s – but that other stakeholders must now do the same.
(13) The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Sir Craig Reedie, has called for sponsorship revenue from cheating athletes to be diverted to the fight against doping and for a levy on TV rights deals as part of a huge increase in the organisation’s resources.
(14) Craig Reedie, the president of Wada [the World Anti-Doping Agency] came out the other day and said there would never be sanctions against countries which systematically dope .
(15) Reedie, an International Olympic Committee vice-president, also endorsed another idea that has been intermittently proposed by Wada executives but has gained traction in recent months as the scale of the global challenge has again become clear.
(16) Mutko told Russian news agencies that he has asked the Wada president, Craig Reedie, to provide a “road map” that the country could follow.
(17) Doping revelations of top athletes will be greeted with dismay but no surprise Read more Responding to a documentary highlighting the claims broadcast by ARD , the president of Wada, Sir Craig Reedie, said: “Wada is very disturbed by these new allegations that have been raised by ARD, which will, once again, shake the foundation of clean athletes worldwide.” He said that given the nature of the allegations, they would be handed over immediately to the organisation’s independent commission for further investigation.
(18) Reedy was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
(19) In an article for theguardian.com , Reedie said that, while Wada could be proud of how far it had come since its formation in 1999, it was time for a step change.
(20) That is reckless beyond description.” Pound, who is in London to speak at the Tackling Doping in Sport conference alongside the current Wada president, Sir Craig Reedie, said drugs such as meldonium were not supposed to be taken for long periods.