Reed (noun)
Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
Reed (noun)
The hollow stem of these plants.
Reed (noun)
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.
Reed (noun)
A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
Reed (noun)
A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.
Reed (noun)
A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman’s dress.
Reed (noun)
Reeding.
Reed (noun)
A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
Reed (noun)
Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
Reed (noun)
A missile weapon.
Reed (noun)
The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
Reed (verb)
To thatch.
Reed (verb)
To mill or mint with reeding.
Reed (verb)
simple past tense and past participle of ree
Rush (noun)
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.
Rush (noun)
The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
Rush (noun)
The merest trifle; a straw.
Rush (noun)
A sudden forward motion.
Rush (noun)
A surge.
“A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.”
Rush (noun)
General haste.
“Many errors were made in the rush to finish.”
Rush (noun)
A rapid, noisy flow.
“a rush of water;”
“a rush of footsteps”
Rush (noun)
A sudden attack; an onslaught.
Rush (noun)
The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
“a rush on the quarterback”
Rush (noun)
A rusher; a lineman.
“the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line”
Rush (noun)
A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
“The rollercoaster gave me a rush.”
Rush (noun)
A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
“rush week”
Rush (noun)
A perfect recitation.
Rush (noun)
A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
Rush (verb)
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
“rush one’s dinner;”
“rush off an email response”
Rush (verb)
To noisily.
“armies rush to battle;”
“waters rush down a precipice.”
Rush (verb)
To dribble rapidly.
Rush (verb)
To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
Rush (verb)
To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
“Don’t rush your client or he may withdraw.”
Rush (verb)
To make a swift or sudden attack.
Rush (verb)
To swiftly attack without warning.
Rush (verb)
To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units; to zerg.
Rush (verb)
To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing or initiation in order to join a fraternity or sorority.
Rush (verb)
To transport or carry quickly.
“The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport.”
Rush (verb)
To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
Rush (verb)
To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
Rush (adjective)
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.
“a rush job”
Reed (noun)
a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground.
Reed (noun)
used in names of plants similar to the reed and growing in wet habitats, e.g. bur reed.
Reed (noun)
a tall straight stalk of a reed plant, used especially as a material in making thatch or household items
“a harvest of thatching reeds”
“a reed curtain”
Reed (noun)
straw used for thatching.
Reed (noun)
a rustic musical pipe made from a reed or from straw
“as if thy waves had only heard the shepherd’s reed”
Reed (noun)
an arrow.
Reed (noun)
a weak or impressionable person
“the jurors were mere reeds in the wind”
Reed (noun)
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
“a reed instrument”
Reed (noun)
a wind instrument played with a reed.
Reed (noun)
an organ stop with reed pipes.
Reed (noun)
an electrical contact used in a magnetically operated switch or relay
“a reed relay”
“the permanent magnet closes the reeds and contacts together”
Reed (noun)
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.
Reed (noun)
a set of semi-cylindrical adjacent mouldings like reeds laid together.
Rush (verb)
move with urgent haste
“Oliver rushed after her”
“I rushed outside and hailed a taxi”
Rush (verb)
(of air or a liquid) flow strongly
“the water rushed in through the great oaken gates”
Rush (verb)
act with great haste
“as soon as the campaign started they rushed into action”
“shoppers rushed to buy computers”
Rush (verb)
force (someone) to act hastily
“I don’t want to rush you into something”
Rush (verb)
take (someone) somewhere with great haste
“an ambulance was waiting to rush him to hospital”
Rush (verb)
deliver (something) quickly to (someone)
“we’ll rush you a copy at once”
Rush (verb)
produce and distribute something very quickly
“a rewritten textbook was rushed out last autumn”
Rush (verb)
deal with (something) hurriedly
“panic measures were rushed through parliament”
Rush (verb)
dash towards (someone or something) in an attempt to attack or capture
“to rush the bank and fire willy-nilly could be disastrous for everyone”
Rush (verb)
advance towards (an opposing player, especially the quarterback)
“a linebacker who was gifted in rushing the quarterback”
Rush (verb)
run from scrimmage with the ball
“he rushed for 100 yards on 22 carries”
Rush (verb)
entertain (a new student) in order to assess suitability for membership of a college fraternity or sorority.
Rush (verb)
(of a student) visit (a college fraternity or sorority) with a view to joining it
“he rushed three fraternities”
Rush (verb)
make (a customer) pay a particular amount, especially an excessive one
“how much did they rush you for this heap?”
“They rushed you, all right! It’s not worth a penny more than £120”
Rush (noun)
a sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people
“there was a rush for the door”
Rush (noun)
a sudden flow or flood
“she felt a rush of cold air”
Rush (noun)
a flurry of hasty activity
“the pre-Christmas rush”
“a rush job”
Rush (noun)
a sudden strong demand for a commodity
“there’s been a rush onthe Western News because of the murder”
Rush (noun)
a sudden intense feeling
“Mark felt a rush of anger”
Rush (noun)
a sudden thrill or feeling of euphoria such as experienced after taking certain drugs
“users experience a rush”
Rush (noun)
an act of advancing forward, especially towards the quarterback.
Rush (noun)
the first prints made of a film after a period of shooting
“after the shoot the agency team will see the rushes”
Rush (noun)
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.
Rush (noun)
used in names of plants of wet habitats that are similar to rushes, e.g. flowering rush.
Rush (noun)
a stem of a rush plant.
Rush (noun)
rushes used as a material
“he worked on the leaks in the hull, using bundles of rush”
Rush (noun)
a thing of no value (used for emphasis)
“not one of them is worth a rush”