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reef

English

  1. 🔊 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
  2. 🔊 a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
  3. 🔊 a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa
  4. 🔊 reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
  5. 🔊 roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
  6. 🔊 lower and bring partially inboard
    “reef the sailboat's mast”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 arrecifal reef
  2. 🔊 arrecife reef
  3. 🔊 escollo reef, shoal
  4. 🔊 rompiente reef, shoal

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