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Reef
01
a ridge of rock or a line of sand near the surface of a body of water
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
reefs
Examples
The boat sailed carefully to avoid hitting the reef.
02
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
03
a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
to reef
01
roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
reef
3rd person singular
reefs
Past simple
reefed
Past participle
reefed
02
reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
03
lower and bring partially inboard
Lexical Tree
reefy
reef
