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Definition of reef verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

reef

verb

NAmE//rif//

reef something (technology)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they reef

he / she / it reefs

past simple reefed

-ing form reefing

to make a sail smaller by tying or rolling up part of it They set sail with the sails reefed against the strong winds.

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