reef

Speech parts

1. reef - Noun

2. reef - Adjective

3. reef - Verb

4. Reef - Proper noun

Meaning

A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.

A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.

That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.

To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rand shoal sandbank coral reef barrier reef mass ridge delta cay isle ness island ait bank beach
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Antonyms

second allow guide foster promote favor
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Hypernyms

ridge lower slip reduce strip shrink

Hyponyms

coral reef

Phrases with the word

Fiery Cross Reef gray reef shark great barrier reef islands reef pen brown spotted reef cod mollusk reef

Derivatives

reefed reefing

Anagrams

fere free feer

Examples

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone; yet he is no more to be credited with the grand result than the acaleph which adds a cell to the coral reef which is the basis of the continent. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight and the snow! Christ save us all from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to go tour environmental disaster areas. After all, if the entire Great Barrier Reef gets killed, which seems like an extremely lively possibility, what are you going to do with all that rotting limestone? Bruce Sterling

Watch out lest the canoe land on a rocky reef. Hawaiian Proverb

A coral reef strengthens into land. Hawaiian Proverb

A coral reef hardens into land. Hawaiian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

reeeaaal reeeady reeeal reef and beef reef blenny reef break