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reef
English
- 🔊 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
- 🔊 a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
- 🔊 a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa
- 🔊 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“reef the sailboat's mast”
Spanish
- 🔊 arrecifal reef
- 🔊 arrecife reef
- 🔊 escollo reef, shoal
- 🔊 rompiente reef, shoal