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reefy
reef 1 R0111200 (rēf)n.1. A strip or ridge of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to or near the surface of a body of water.2. A vein of ore.3. Chiefly Western US A long craggy ridge or rocky escarpment.
[Obsolete Dutch rif, possibly from Old Norse, ridge.]
reef′y adj.
reef 2 R0111200 (rēf) Nautical n. A portion of a sail gathered in and secured to lessen the area exposed to the wind.tr.v. reefed, reef·ing, reefs 1. To reduce the size of (a sail) by gathering in a part and securing it, as by lashing it to a yard.2. To shorten (a topmast or bowsprit) by taking part of it in.
[Partly from Middle English rif (from Old Norse rif, from rīfa, to rive) and partly from Dutch and Low German reef (Low German, from Dutch), back-formation from Dutch reven, pl. of rif, reef (of a sail), from or akin to Old Norse rif.]reefy (ˈriːfɪ) adj, reefier or reefiest (Physical Geography) with, full of, or having reefsThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | reefy - full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters"shelfy, shelvy, shoalyshallow - lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field" |
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