Reed vs. Rush
Reednoun
(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
Reednoun
(countable) The hollow stem of these plants.
Reednoun
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.
Reednoun
A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
Reednoun
A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.
Reednoun
A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.
Reednoun
Reeding.
Reednoun
(mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
Reednoun
Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
Reednoun
A missile weapon.
Reednoun
The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
Reedverb
(transitive) To thatch.
Reedverb
To mill or mint with reeding.
Reedverb
simple past tense and past participle of ree
Reedadjective
Red.
Reedverb
Same as Rede.
Reednoun
The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
Reednoun
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).
Reednoun
A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
Reednoun
An arrow, as made of a reed.
Reednoun
Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
Reednoun
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.
Reednoun
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.
Reednoun
A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
Reednoun
Same as Reeding.
Reednoun
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
Reednoun
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)
Reednoun
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
Reednoun
a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it;
Reednoun
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed
Reednoun
a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground.
Reednoun
used in names of plants similar to the reed and growing in wet habitats, e.g. bur reed.
Reednoun
a tall straight stalk of a reed plant, used especially as a material in making thatch or household items
Reednoun
straw used for thatching.
Reednoun
a rustic musical pipe made from a reed or from straw
Reednoun
an arrow.
Reednoun
a weak or impressionable person
Reednoun
a piece of thin cane or metal, sometimes doubled, which vibrates in a current of air to produce the sound of various musical instruments, as in the mouthpiece of a clarinet or oboe or at the base of some organ pipes
Reednoun
a wind instrument played with a reed.
Reednoun
an organ stop with reed pipes.
Reednoun
an electrical contact used in a magnetically operated switch or relay
Reednoun
a comblike implement (originally made from reed or cane) used by a weaver to separate the threads of the warp and correctly position the weft.
Reednoun
a set of semi-cylindrical adjacent mouldings like reeds laid together.
Rushnoun
Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
Rushnoun
The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
Rushnoun
The merest trifle; a straw.
Rushnoun
A sudden forward motion.
Rushnoun
A surge.
Rushnoun
General haste.
Rushnoun
A rapid, noisy flow.
Rushnoun
(military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.
Rushnoun
(contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
Rushnoun
A rusher; a lineman.
Rushnoun
A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
Rushnoun
A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
Rushnoun
A perfect recitation.
Rushnoun
(croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
Rushverb
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
Rushverb
(intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
Rushverb
To dribble rapidly.
Rushverb
To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
Rushverb
(transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
Rushverb
To make a swift or sudden attack.
Rushverb
(military) To swiftly attack without warning.
Rushverb
To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units; to zerg.
Rushverb
To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing or initiation in order to join a fraternity or sorority.
Rushverb
(transitive) To transport or carry quickly.
Rushverb
To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
Rushverb
To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
Rushadjective
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.
Rushnoun
A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
Rushnoun
The merest trifle; a straw.
Rushnoun
A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
Rushnoun
Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.
Rushnoun
A perfect recitation.
Rushnoun
A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
Rushverb
To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
Rushverb
To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
Rushverb
To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
Rushverb
To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
Rushnoun
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner;
Rushnoun
a sudden forceful flow
Rushnoun
grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
Rushnoun
physician and Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
Rushnoun
the swift release of a store of affective force;
Rushnoun
a sudden burst of activity;
Rushnoun
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line;
Rushverb
step on it;
Rushverb
attack suddenly
Rushverb
urge to an unnatural speed;
Rushverb
act or move at high speed;
Rushverb
run with the ball, in football
Rushverb
cause to move fast or to rush or race;
Rushverb
cause to occur rapidly;
Rushadjective
not accepting reservations
Rushadjective
done under pressure;
Rushverb
move with urgent haste
Rushverb
(of air or a liquid) flow strongly
Rushverb
act with great haste
Rushverb
force (someone) to act hastily
Rushverb
take (someone) somewhere with great haste
Rushverb
deliver (something) quickly to (someone)
Rushverb
produce and distribute something very quickly
Rushverb
deal with (something) hurriedly
Rushverb
dash towards (someone or something) in an attempt to attack or capture
Rushverb
advance towards (an opposing player, especially the quarterback)
Rushverb
run from scrimmage with the ball
Rushverb
entertain (a new student) in order to assess suitability for membership of a college fraternity or sorority.
Rushverb
(of a student) visit (a college fraternity or sorority) with a view to joining it
Rushverb
make (a customer) pay a particular amount, especially an excessive one
Rushnoun
a sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people
Rushnoun
a sudden flow or flood
Rushnoun
a flurry of hasty activity
Rushnoun
a sudden strong demand for a commodity
Rushnoun
a sudden intense feeling
Rushnoun
a sudden thrill or feeling of euphoria such as experienced after taking certain drugs
Rushnoun
an act of advancing forward, especially towards the quarterback.
Rushnoun
the first prints made of a film after a period of shooting
Rushnoun
an erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. Widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.
Rushnoun
used in names of plants of wet habitats that are similar to rushes, e.g. flowering rush.
Rushnoun
a stem of a rush plant.
Rushnoun
rushes used as a material
Rushnoun
a thing of no value (used for emphasis)
