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/ɚˈiːf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "reef"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϞāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āϰ, āĻļ⧈āϞāĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€

a ridge of rock or a line of sand near the surface of a body of water
reef definition and meaning
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āϰāĻŋāĻĢ, āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĢāĻŋāϤāĻž

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
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āϰ, āĻļ⧈āϞāĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€

a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
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āĻĒāĻžāϞ āϗ⧁āϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
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āĻĒāĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āϰāĻŋāĻĢ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ‚āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āφāύāĻž, āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ‚āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āϟāĻžāύāĻž

lower and bring partially inboard

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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