reef

About 4.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
2. noun A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
3. noun A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.
4. noun A reef knot.
5. verb To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
6. verb To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding.
7. verb To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.

   Reef the paddles.

8. verb To manipulate the lining of a person's pocket in order to steal the contents unnoticed.

Similar words

countryside rural fringing etc create reeve coral cree atoll tackles

Often followed by

and of in is fish fishes flat at was

Word family

reefable reefed reefier reefiest reefing reefs reefy