(OS grid ref TL3636) A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England .

A proper noun "reed" represents various places in the united states, including a town in arkansas, an unincorporated community in kentucky, a township in pennsylvania, and an unincorporated community in wisconsin.

(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

(countable) The hollow stem of these plants.

(countable, music) Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.

(countable, music) A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.

(countable, weaving) A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.

(countable, historical) A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.

(uncountable, architecture) Reeding.

(mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.

Straw prepared for thatching a roof.

(transitive) To thatch.

To mill or mint with reeding.

simple past and past participle of ree