"reedy" meaning in English

See reedy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹiː.di/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reedy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: reedier [comparative], reediest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːdi Etymology: From Middle English reedy, reedi, reeddy, equivalent to reed + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|reedy}} Middle English reedy, {{m|enm|reedi}} reedi, {{m|enm|reeddy}} reeddy, {{affix|en|reed|-y}} reed + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} reedy (comparative reedier, superlative reediest)
  1. Full of, or edged with, reeds. Categories (topical): Sound Translations (full of reeds): обрасъл с тръстика (obrasǎl s trǎstika) (Bulgarian), kaislikkoinen (Finnish), trzcinowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-reedy-en-adj-VpWbdeBE Disambiguation of Sound: 48 52 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 14 2 45 Disambiguation of 'full of reeds': 73 7 1 20
  2. (of a sound or voice) High and thin in tone. Categories (topical): Sound Translations (high and thin): писклив (piskliv) (Bulgarian), schril (Dutch), schel (Dutch), kimeä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-reedy-en-adj-p1XHvjkc Disambiguation of Sound: 48 52 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 14 2 45 Disambiguation of 'high and thin': 0 64 36 0
  3. (of a person) Tall and thin. Translations (tall and thin): строен (stroen) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-reedy-en-adj-s01hEGTM Disambiguation of 'tall and thin': 0 9 90 0
  4. (metallurgy) Imperfectly welded together in masses of rods. Categories (topical): Metallurgy
    Sense id: en-reedy-en-adj-EuipjGKx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 14 2 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 16 3 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 26 14 7 53 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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