Noun reef has 2 senses
- reef - a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
--1 is a kind of ridge
--1 has particulars: coral reef
- Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef - a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
--2 is a kind of region, part
--2 is a part of Transvaal
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Verb reef has 3 senses
- reef - lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast"
--1 is one way to lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
Sample sentence:
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- reef - roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
--2 is one way to roll up, furl
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- reef - reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
--3 is one way to shrink, reduce
Sample sentence:
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