Defenition of the word reef

• Defenition of the word reef

  • A line of rocks in the tidal zone of a coast, submerged at high water but partly uncovered at low water.
  • a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
  • reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
  • roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
  • lower and bring partially inboard, as of a mast on a sailboat
  • a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
  • lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat''s mast"
  • 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
  • lower and bring partially inboard

Meronymys for the word reef

• • Transvaal

Hyponyms for the word reef

• • coral reef

Hypernyms for the word reef

• • bring down
  • furl
  • get down
  • let down
  • lower
  • part
  • reduce
  • region
  • ridge
  • roll up
  • shrink
  • slip
  • strip
  • take down

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