adj
Meaning 1
Full of, or edged with, reeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
reedy
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɹiː.di/
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rhymes with -iːdi
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CMU ARPABET: R IY1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
High and thin in tone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Thin, slender
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Imperfectly welded together in masses of rods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- reedy iron
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name
Meaning 5
A surname.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
resembling a reed in being upright and slender
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reedlike
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
having a tone of a reed instrument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wheezy
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History
Etymology
From Middle English reedy, reedi, reeddy, equivalent to reed + -y.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: обрасъл с тръстика (obrasǎl s trǎstika) — full of reeds
- Finnish: kaislikkoinen — full of reeds
- Polish: trzcinowy — full of reeds
- Welsh: cawnog — full of reeds
- Welsh: corsennog — full of reeds
- Bulgarian: писклив (piskliv) — high and thin
- Dutch: schril — high and thin
- Dutch: schel — high and thin
- Finnish: kimeä — high and thin
- Macedonian: писклив (piskliv) — high and thin
- Bulgarian: строен (stroen) — tall and thin
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