REEF
\ɹˈiːf], \ɹˈiːf], \ɹ_ˈiː_f]\
Definitions of REEF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
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reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
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roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
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lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast"
By Princeton University
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a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
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reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
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roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
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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.
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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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A large vein of auriferous quartz; - so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
By Oddity Software
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A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
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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.
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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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A large vein of auriferous quartz; - so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
By Noah Webster.
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That part of a sail which can be drawn in by small ropes running in eyelet holes, in order to lessen the size of the sail; a sand, bar or shelf of rock lying level with, or just below, the surface of the water; as, a coral reef.
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To reduce (a sail) by rolling or folding up part of it.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A chain of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water.
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A portion of a sail.
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Reduce the exposed surface of, as a sail.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To take in; fold and fasten down, as a sail or part of a sail.
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A ridge of rocks at or near the surface of the water.
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Reefy.
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The folded part of a sail.
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Reefer.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A portion of a sail, that is folded or rolled up when the wind is violent.
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A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water.
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To contract by folding or rolling part of a sail.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A chain or ridge of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water, or projecting but a little way above it, at full tide-improperly applied to a projecting sandbank or spit of sand, -a shoal or bank occupies a wider area than a reef, and is for the most part composed of soft material, as mud, sand, and gravel.
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A row of short ropes stretching across a sail for the purpose of tying the strip of sail above the reef up to the yard, and so diminishing the size of the sail-when loose they hang against the sail like the teeth of a comb, whence apparently the name.
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To reduce the exposed surface of a sail by tying together two parallel rows of short ropes which hang loosely on the sail.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Dutch] A certain portion of a sail between the top or bottom, and a row or band pierced with eyelet holes, to which short pieces of ropes are attached, by which it can be taken in and made fast to the yard or boom, in order to contract the sail in a gale or storm.
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n. [German] A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water.
