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close-reef

close-reef verb: to reef a sail as tightly as possible by taking in all available reefs, thereby reducing the sail area maximally for strong winds.

Verb

close-reef (third-person singular simple present close-reefs, present participle close-reefing, simple past and past participle close-reefed)

  1. (transitive) To reef a sail as tightly as possible by taking in all available reefs, thereby reducing the sail area maximally for strong winds.

Forms of close-reef

third-person singular presentclose-reefs
present participleclose-reefing
past participleclose-reefed
pastclose-reefed

Questions about close-reef

What does close-reef mean?
Close-reef means to reef a sail as tightly as possible by taking in all available reefs, thereby reducing the sail area maximally for strong winds.
What part of speech is close-reef?
Close-reef is a verb.
What is the past tense of close-reef?
The past tense of close-reef is close-reefed.

Words near close-reef in the dictionary

  1. close-packed
  2. close-packing
  3. close-packings
  4. close-quarter
  5. close-range
  6. close-reef
  7. close-reefed
  8. close-reefing
  9. close-reefs
  10. close-run
  11. close-serried

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