# reeded

Pronunciation: say "REED-id" /ˈɹiːdɪd/

## Adjective

1. Shaped with grooves and ridges like a row of reeds, as on the edge of a coin.
   - Simple: Having a row of small ridges and grooves, like the edge of a coin.
   - _You can tell a dime from a penny in the dark, because the dime's edge is reeded._
   - _The cabinet doors are fitted with reeded glass that lets in light but blurs what's inside._
2. Covered with reeds, as a riverbank or marsh may be.
   - Simple: Covered with reeds, the tall grass that grows near water.
   - _Herons stalked the reeded shallows at the mouth of the creek._
   - _The path follows a reeded bank where red-winged blackbirds nest each spring._
3. Of a wind instrument, producing its tone by means of a vibrating reed.
   - Simple: Used for a wind instrument that makes its sound with a reed.
   - _The ensemble pairs reeded winds such as oboe and clarinet with flutes, which have none._
   - _Bagpipe chanters are reeded, which is what gives them their buzzing tone._

## Verb

4. Simple past and past participle of reed. — simple past and past participle of reed
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of reed. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.
   - _The old barn was reeded again last summer, and its new thatch is still golden._
   - _The mint reeded the commemorative medals along the rim to match the circulating coins._

## Origin

Formed from reed with the suffix -ed.

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