reed reed /ˈriːd/

noun

1. A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed  ( beating-reed instrument , reed , reed instrument )
   a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
   
   
2. A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it  ( reed , vibrating reed )
   a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
    The clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
   the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
   
   
3. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites  ( reed )
   tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
    The wind rustled through the reeds by the riverbank.
   The wind rustled through the reeds by the riverbank.
   
   

 Reed

1. United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)  ( Reed , Walter Reed )
   United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
   
   
2. 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)  ( John Reed , Reed )
   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)