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1. (n.) reef
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
2. reef
Mining. a lode or vein.
3. (n.) reef
a part of a sail that is rolled and tied down to reduce the area exposed to the wind.
4. (v.t.) reef
to shorten (a sail) by tying in one or more reefs.
5. reef
to reduce the length of (a topmast, a bowsprit, etc.).
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME refe (n.) < D reef)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) reef
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
2. (noun) Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef
a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
3. (verb) reef
one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
4. (verb) reef
lower and bring partially inboard
"reef the sailboat's mast"
5. (verb) reef
roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
6. (verb) reef
reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
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1. (noun) reef
a line of rocks or coral under water but near the surface
the Australian coral reefs
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) reef
a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral
2. (noun) reef
a large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore
3. (verb) reef
that part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind
4. (verb) reef
to reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar
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Sense: a line of rocks etc just above or below the surface of the sea
The ship got stuck on a reef.
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 Afrikaans: rif |
 Arabic: سِلْسِلَة صُخور فَوْق سَط |
 Bulgarian: риф |
 Brazilian: recife |
 Czech: útes, rif |
 German: das Riff |
 Danish: rev |
 Greek: ύφαλος |
 Spanish: arrecife |
 Estonian: kari |
 Farsi: تپه دریایی؛ صخره دریایی |
 Finnish: riutta |
 French: récif |
 Hebrew: שוּנִית |
 Hindi: समुद्री चट्टान, शैलभिति |
 Croatian: greben |
 Hungarian: zátony |
 Indonesian: karang |
 Icelandic: rif |
 Italian: scogliera |
 Japanese: 岩礁 |
 Korean: 초(礁), 사초, 모래톱 |
 Lithuanian: rifas |
 Latvian: rifs |
 Malay: batu karang |
 Dutch: rif |
 Norwegian: rev, skjær |
 Polish: rafa |
 Persian: تپه دریایی؛ صخره دریایی |
 Pashto: ګاره، پرښه، كاړ، دسيند په |
 Portuguese: recife |
 Romanian: recif |
 Russian: риф |
 Slovak: útes |
 Slovenian: čer |
 Serbian: greben |
 Swedish: rev |
 Thai: แนวหินโสโครก |
 Turkish: sığ kayalık, resif |
 Taiwanese: 暗礁 |
 Ukrainian: риф, підводна скеля |
 Urdu: پتھریلا ساحل |
 Vietnamese: đá ngầm |
 Chinese: 暗礁 |
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