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Definitions for Reeding

[1] a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
[2] ornamentation consisting of such moldings.
[3] a number of narrow, vertical grooves on the edge of a coin, medal, etc.
[4] the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
[5] any of the plants themselves.
[6] such stalks or plants collectively.
[7] anything made from such a stalk or from something similar, as an arrow.
[8] Music . a pastoral or rustic musical pipe made from a reed or from the hollow stalk of some other plant. a small, flexible piece of cane or metal that, attached to the mouth of any of various wind instruments, is set into vibration by a stream of air and, in turn, sets into vibration the air column enclosed in the tube of the instrument. reed instrument.
[9] Textiles . the series of parallel strips of wires in a loom that force the weft up to the web and separate the threads of the warp.
[10] an ancient unit of length, equal to 6 cubits. Ezek. 40:5.
[11] to decorate with reed.
[12] to thatch with or as if with reed.
[13] to make vertical grooves on (the edge of a coin, medal, etc.).
[14] a set of small semicircular architectural mouldings
[15] the milling on the edges of a coin
[16] any of various widely distributed tall grasses of the genus Phragmites , esp P. communis , that grow in swamps and shallow water and have jointed hollow stalks
[17] the stalk, or stalks collectively, of any of these plants, esp as used for thatching
[18] music a thin piece of cane or metal inserted into the tubes of certain wind instruments, which sets in vibration the air column inside the tube a wind instrument or organ pipe that sounds by means of a reed
[19] one of the several vertical parallel wires on a loom that may be moved upwards to separate the warp threads
[20] a small semicircular architectural moulding See also reeding
[21] an ancient Hebrew unit of length equal to six cubits
[22] an archaic word for arrow
[23] broken reed a weak, unreliable, or ineffectual person
[24] to fashion into or supply with reeds or reeding
[25] to thatch using reeds
[26] Sir Carol . 1906–76, English film director. His films include The Third Man (1949), An Outcast of the Islands (1951), and Oliver! (1968), for which he won an Oscar
[27] Lou . born 1942, US rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist: member of the Velvet Underground (1965–70). His albums include Transformer (1972), Berlin (1973), Street Hassle (1978), New York (1989), Set the Twilight Reeling (1996), and The Raven (2003)
[28] Walter . 1851–1902, US physician, who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1900)

Words nearby Reeding

reed stop, reed warbler, reed-sternberg cell, reedbird, reedbuck, reeding, reedley, reedling, reedman, reeducate, reedy

Origin of Reeding

before 900; Middle English; Old English hrēod; cognate with German, Dutch riet

Other words from Reeding

reed·like , adjective

Word origin for Reeding

Old English hreod ; related to Old Saxon hriod , Old High German hriot