Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reefed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
reefed
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having part of a sail tied up in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.

adj

Semi-deployed, with the canopy initially restricted from fully opening, in order to avoid subjecting the canopy to excessive air loads or the payload to excessive g-forces from fully deploying at high airspeed.

verb

simple past and past participle of reef

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more reefed (comparative) most reefed (superlative)

Derived Forms

unreefed

Phrases

close-reefed

Questions

What does reefed mean?
Having part of a sail tied up in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.

How to pronounce reefed

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