Reef

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A strip or ridge of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to or near the surface of a body of water.
  • n. A vein of ore.
  • n. A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed to the wind.
  • v. To reduce the size of (a sail) by tucking in a part and tying it to or rolling it around a yard.
  • v. To shorten (a topmast or bowsprit) by taking part of it in.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Scabby; scurvy.
  • n. The itch; any eruptive skin disorder.
  • n. Dandruff.
  • n. A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
  • n. A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
  • n. A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.
  • n. A reef knot.
  • v. To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
  • v. To pull or yank strongly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under coral.
  • n. A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by rolling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A low, narrow ridge of rocks, rising ordinarily but a few feet above the water.
  • n. Any extensive elevation of the bottom of the sea; a shoal; abank: so called by fishermen.
  • n. In Australia, the same as lode, vein, or ledge of the Cordilleran miner: as, a quartz-reef (that is, a quartz-vein).
  • n. A kind of commercial sponge which grows on reefs.
  • n. Nautical, a part of a sail rolled or folded up, in order to diminish the extent of canvas exposed to the wind.
  • Nautical, to take a reef or reefs in; reduce the size of (a sail) by rolling or folding up a part and securing it by tying reef-points about it.
  • To gather up stuff of any kind in away similar to that described in def. 1. Compare reefing.
  • See the quotation.
  • Scabby; scurvy.
  • n. The itch; also, any eruptive disorder.
  • n. Dandruff.
  • n. In the Tyrolese Alps, and especially in the region of the dolomites, “massive un-stratified limestones and dolomites rising amid strikingly contrasted sediments.”
  • In Australian mining, to work at a reef.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
  • n. 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
  • n. a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
  • n. a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
  • v. roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
  • v. lower and bring partially inboard
  • Verb Form
    reefed    reefing    reefs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shrink    reduce    slip    strip    region    part    roll up    furl    take down    let down   
    Variant
    coral   
    Form
    reefed    reefing    coral reef    reef rash   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shorten    ledge    key    cay    scarf   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Leif    aperitif    bas-relief    beef    belief    brief    chief    debrief    disbelief    fief   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shoal    cliff    ledge    headland    isle    beach    coast    peninsula    creek    harbour