What is another word for reef?
146 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹ_ˈiː_f], [ ɹˈiːf], [ ɹˈiːf]Table of Contents
Similar words for reef:Definition for Reef:
- r[= e]f, n. a portion of a sail rolled or folded up.-- v.t. to reduce the exposed surface of, as a sail: to gather up any material in a similar way.-- ns. REEF'- BAND, a strong strip of canvas extending across a sail to strengthen it; REEF'ER, a reef-oyster: one who reefs: a short jacket worn by sailors: a midshipman; REEF'- GOOSE, the common wild goose of North America; REEF'ING, the gathering up of a curtain in short festoons; REEF'ING-JACK'ET, a pea-jacket; REEF'- KNOT, a square knot; REEF'- LINE, a temporary means of spilling a sail; REEF'- PEND'ANT, in fore and aft sails, a rope through a sheave-hole in the boom; REEF'- SQUID, a lashing used aboard the luggers on the south coast of England; REEF'- TACK'LE, a tackle used to facilitate reefing.-- adjs. REEF'Y, full of reefs; CLOSE'- REEFED, the condition of a sail when all its reefs have been taken in. [ Dut. reef, reef; Ice. rif, Dan. reb.]
Synonyms for Reef:
n.
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- sandbank.
- reef.
- waterfronts,
- streamsides,
- seabanks,
- seaboards,
- lakeshores,
- seafronts,
- lakesides,
- oceanfronts,
- lakefronts,
- riverfronts.
- minerals,
- crags,
- pebble,
- lava,
- PEBBLES,
- mineral,
- cobblestone,
- boulders,
- cobblestones.
v.
•delay, restrict (verb)- slow.
- re-lax,
- hits the brakes,
- back-waters,
- eases up,
- de-creases,
- de crease,
- de-tains,
- anchors it,
- eases off,
- re duce,
- embogged,
- wound down,
- back-watered,
- de-tain,
- de-creased,
- reduces speed,
- embogs,
- back waters,
- reducing speed,
- hitting the brakes,
- back watered,
- hitting brakes,
- anchored it,
- de tain,
- losing speed,
- lets down flaps,
- hit brakes,
- lost speed,
- de creasing,
- de tains,
- re-duces,
- lost steam,
- winds down,
- de creases,
- re lax,
- loses speed,
- keeping waiting,
- eased off,
- anchoring it,
- embogging,
- retardated,
- de creased,
- losing steam,
- reining in,
- reduced speed,
- post pone,
- hits brakes,
- winded down,
- de-crease,
- keeps waiting,
- re-duce,
- backwatering,
- back watering,
- back-watering,
- kept waiting,
- post-pones,
- backwatered,
- retardating,
- letted down flaps,
- de-creasing,
- loses steam,
- letting down flaps,
- post pones,
- re duces,
- back water,
- easing up.
Other synonyms:
•Rand- rand.
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- slough.
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- take in.
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- bar.
Paraphrases for Reef:
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Reef Sentence Examples:
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No, you won't do nothin' o' the kind, old gen'lem'n; but you'll double - reef your temper, and listen to wot I've got to say; for it's very partikler, an' won't keep long without spilin'.
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Some way on we discovered another opening in the reef, through which we might have passed, had we known of it, with greater ease than by the one through which we had entered.
Homophones for Reef:
- review, riff, robe, reify, rope, rabbi, rarify, rb, rev, reap, rape, rife, rove, revivify, rarefy, rap, rbi, Rabi Ii, rf, rub, rip off, rorippa, rhaphe, raphe, rubify, RPA-ABB, rib, rob, rub off, raphia, raffia, raf, repp, rappee, ropey, ripe, rev up, rave, rupiah, rave-up, rep, rip-off, rope up, reave, reiff, roar off, rupee, ref, ruby, reefy, rubia, rv, rub up, ropeway, Reif, rip, rip up, revive, RUF, Rabi I, ruff, rube, rope off, revue, rebuff, Rief, repay, Roofy, rophy, ropy, reeve, r.v., rive, reb, roof.
Holonyms for Reef:
Hypernym for Reef:
n.
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object
coral reef.
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object
