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reeds

English

Noun

reeds

  1. plural of reed

Verb

reeds

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reed

Anagrams

  • DEERS, Edser, Seder, deers, dere's, deres, drees, redes, resed, seder

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • reets (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch reets, from rede or reet + -s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re?ts/
  • Rhymes: -e?ts

Adverb

reeds

  1. (chiefly formal) already

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weeds

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /wi?dz/
  • Rhymes: -i?dz

Etymology 1

Inflected form of weed.

Noun

weeds

  1. plural of weed

Verb

weeds

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weed

Etymology 2

From Old English w?d, w?de, from Proto-Germanic *w?diz (“piece of cloth, garment”).

Noun

weeds pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete) Clothes.
    • 1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, v 3
      Come, let us hence, and put on other weeds;
    • 1886, Aeschylus, Choephori, translated by Anna Swanwick, lines 10–12
      What sight is this? What company of women
      Is wending hitherward, in sable weeds
      Conspicuous?
Usage notes

Fossil word, found in phrase widow's weeds.

Derived terms
  • widow's weeds

Anagrams

  • Swede, sewed, swede

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