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Meaning reef meaning

What does reef mean?

reef

— noun a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water — verb reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef — verb roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area — noun 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 — verb lower and bring partially inboard reef the sailboat's mast

Reef

— noun (= Witwatersrand) a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

Synonyms reef synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as reef?

reef English » English

sandbank submerged rock skerry shoal cut coral reef vein truncate tone down think take in sunken rock streak soft shorten short shore shelf shallow sandbar sand bar rock reduce rave promontory mineral vein lower lode headland foreshorten elevation cut short cliff castrate cape bring down amortize amortise abridge abbreviate

Reef English » English

Witwatersrand Rand

Topics reef topics

What do people use reef to talk about?
Universe, creation Water Bodies of water

Island, shore

Conjugation reef conjugation

How do you conjugate reef?

reef · verb

Examples reef examples

How do I use reef in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in danger.
The Great Barrier Reef, located off the northeast tip of Australia, is one of the natural wonders of the world.

Movie subtitles

The only possible landing place is through this reef.
Close reef!
Close reef, sir?
Close reef, Mr Cole.
Stand by to close reef!
Well, gentlemen, between ourselves and home are 27,000 sea miles, the Endeavour Straits and the Great Barrier Reef.
And from there, my friends, God willing, we shall proceed onward to the Great Barrier Reef itself.
What reef?
You're not saying he pushed that reef in front of my ship, are you?
And then throws it away on a Florida reef.
Laying straight for the reef.
The reef! You're going to strike!
She's plastered on the reef like a herring on a biscuit.
And will you also show why you were waiting beside the reef. when the Southern Cross went down?
Reef the fore topsail!
You'll have a watch, keep order, go aloft to mend canvas, reef and furl.
She must lay outside the reef till morning.
Every bay and inlet for harboring a ship, soundings accurate, not a reef missing.
Why were you waiting beside the reef that sank the Southern Cross?
That ship hangs on the reef by a hair.
Why was Stephen Tolliver at that reef?
On a reef off the tip of Florida somewhere.
Well, last night I was up on deck with a gentleman. and when we hit the reef, there was a lot of excitement. and people started running out of their cabins.
We must use the oars or we will hit the reef!
An incident. Our faulty rudder's put us on a reef.
When we clear this reef, I'll see you trouble my existence no longer.
We must break free of the reef.
A coral reef, green moss, shells. bits and pieces from all the oceans he ever swam through.
I feel behooved to warn you. our friend Reef is no less than the number one howl in the entire sub wolf pack.
Reef, look.
Reef, I want you to meet a couple of our passengers.
Well, Reef, I got some bad news for ya. - Oh, yeah?
Here are our orders, Reef.
Skipper, Reef!
And then on July 3, Dr. Kent and Sir Ian. held an urgent discussion with Reef and the skipper.

News and current affairs

Reef-based activities (principally fishing and tourism) form the economic livelihood of millions more.
Wholesale disintegration of reef ecosystems has occurred in some places, and collapse on a worldwide scale is a real risk.
Historically, the principal agents of reef degradation have been over-fishing and pollution, not global warming.
Without them, fast-growing seaweed quickly monopolizes space on the reef, preventing restoration of healthy quantities of coral cover.
Because corals provide the habitat structure on which other reef organisms depend, the decreases in coral cover lead to big decreases in a reef's biodiversity.
On coral reefs, these no-take zones can help insure that a portion of coral reef habitat sustains a healthy fish community, and secure the coral reef resilience that this brings.
OXFORD - When a US Navy P8-A surveillance aircraft recently flew near Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, it was warned eight times by the Chinese Navy to leave the area.
In 1995, when I was serving in the Pentagon, China began building structures on Mischief Reef, which is claimed by the Philippines and lies much closer to its shores than to China's.
When the dispute over Mischief Reef erupted, Chinese officials failed to clarify the meaning of the nine-dashed line, but, when pressed, they agreed that the dashes demarcated areas where China had sovereign claims.
Earlier this year, analysts released images of what is expected to be a 10,000-foot (3,000-meter) runway on Fiery Cross Reef.
There will be climbers hanging banners high in the Himalayas, where the glaciers are melting, and scuba divers at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which is threatened by climate change.
There was also China's seizure of the Paracel Islands from Vietnam in 1974, and the 1995 occupation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands, amid protests by the Philippines.

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