reef
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
Types & categories
- ridge hypernym
- coral reef hyponym
Related & opposite
- reefy derivation
Sense 2 verb
lower and bring partially inboard
reef the sailboat's mast
Types & categories
- lower hypernym
Sense 3 verb
roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
Types & categories
- roll up hypernym
Sense 4 noun
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
Types & categories
- strip hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sail part holonym
Sense 5 verb
reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
Types & categories
- shrink hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reefy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ridge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coral reef |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lower |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | roll up |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sail |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | strip |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | shrink |