Synonyms for reef
rifreef

Princeton's WordNet

1. reefnoun

   a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

2. Witwatersrand, Rand, Reefnoun

   a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

3. reefverb

   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

4. reefverb

   lower and bring partially inboard

   "reef the sailboat's mast"

5. reefverb

   roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area

6. reefverb

   reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef

Matched Categories

1. • Transvaal
   • Furl
   • Lower
   • Reduce
   • Region
   • Ridge

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1. reefverb

   Synonyms:
   take in (sail)

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1. List of paraphrases for "reef":

   reefs, coral, reeve

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1. Felicity Wishart:

   There is no doubt that the reef is still in serious environmental danger.

2. Greg Poling:

   If the Lassen didn't do anything but transit, then this Freedom of Navigation Operation didn't actually assert what they had led us to believe it was supposed to: that Subi Reef doesn't get a territorial sea.

3. David Smith:

   Nobody's around, everyone that came to the reef to dive is gone and won't be back until after Cyclone Nathan passes.

4. Defence Minister Kevin Andrews:

   We don't believe that turning a reef into a military airport is enhancing the peace and security of that region, the greatest danger in the region is a miscalculation.

5. Collin Koh:

   The Balabac site allows for intelligence collection and staging of peacetime air and naval activities in the area, which can put Mischief Reef under closer scrutiny.