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— English words —

• reef n. A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
• reef n. (Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
• reef n. (Nautical) A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.
• reef n. A reef knot.
• reef v. (Nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
• reef v. (Australia) To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding.
• reef v. (Nautical, of paddles) To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
• reef v. (Slang) To manipulate the lining of a person’s pocket in order to steal the contents unnoticed.
• reef adj. Scabby; scurvy.
• reef n. (Now chiefly dialectal) The itch; any eruptive skin disorder.
• reef n. (Now chiefly dialectal) Dandruff.
• Reef prop.n. A surname from German.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Luxembourgish
  • Reef n. Hoop (metal band on a barrel).
  • Reef n. (Gymnastics) hoop.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• reef n. Rif.
• reef n. Koraalrif.

— English word, defined in French —

• reef n. (Marine) Écueil, récif.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• reef s. Scogliera (gruppo di rocce o scogli marini situati poco sotto il pelo dell’acqua).
• reef s. Barriera corallina.
• reef s. (Marina) terzarolo.
• reef s. (Marina) terzarolare.

— In Dutch —

• reef n. O (techniek), (scheepvaart) bij windmolens en zeilschepen…
• reef n. V golf, baar, uitlopende golfslag, waterrimpeling.
• reef w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van reven.
• reef w. Gebiedende wijs van reven.
• reef w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van reven.
• reef w. Enkelvoud verleden tijd van rijven.

104 English words from 14 English definitions

adapt Africa and any area auriferous Australia band barrel body center chain chiefly contents coral Dandruff deeply dialectal dip disorder down down␣to eruptive especially exposed floats force from German Gymnastics hence high hoop horse in␣order in␣order␣to in␣part in␣relation␣to itch its knot large lessen lining lying manipulate metal move Nautical near not Now of␣a order ore paddle paddles paddle␣wheel part person pocket portion pull quartz range reef reef␣knot relation riding rock rocks rolled sail sand Scabby scurvy size skin Slang so␣that South South␣Africa steal strongly surface surname take take␣in that the they tied tied␣down to␣the toward unnoticed valuable vein water wheel will wind yank yielding

7 English words from 13 foreign definitions

dell golf Marina Marine Rif sotto van

38 foreign words from 13 foreign definitions

acqua baar Barriera bij Écueil Eerste Eerste␣persoon enkelvoud Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs golfslag gruppo inversie Koraalrif marini pelo persoon poco récif reven rijven rocce scheepvaart scogli Scogliera situati techniek tegenwoordige␣tijd terzarolo tijd tweede tweede␣persoon uitlopende verleden verleden␣tijd wijs windmolens zeilschepen

56 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

reefs Reefs reefy reefal reefed reefer reefage reefers reefest reefier reefing Reefton reefable reef-band reef␣crab reefgoby reefiest reefings reef␣knot reefless reeflike reef␣line reef␣rash reefwide reef-bands reef␣break reef␣crabs reef␣knots reef␣lines reefpoint reef␣point reefscape reef␣shark reef␣squid reef␣breaks reefer's␣nut reefgobies reefpoints reef␣points reef␣rashes reefscapes reef␣sharks reef-tackle reefwalker reef␣and␣beef reeferphobe reefer's␣nuts reefwalkers reefer␣jacket reeferphobia +6 words

129 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

greefe freefed free-fed three␣Fs treeful unreefs Andreefs bag␣reefs disreefs freefall free-fall free␣fall freefeed free-feed freefell free-fell free-fire freeflow freeform free-form free␣form free-from Shareefs shereefs threefin treefall tree␣farm treefern tree␣fern treefish tree␣fork treefrog tree␣frog treefuls unreefed backreefs disreefed forereefs freefalls free-falls freefeeds free-feeds free␣float freeforms free-forms nonreefal threefins Threefish threefoil threefold +79 words

23 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

kureef unreef Andreef bag␣reef disreef khureef shareef Shareef shereef backreef forereef khurreef coral␣reef Irish␣reef saddle␣reef barrier␣reef Douglas␣Reef Kingman␣Reef Spanish␣reef Douglass␣Reef fringing␣reef saddle␣back␣reef Great␣Barrier␣Reef

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eef ree Ree REE

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eer EER -eer e'er fee feer

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

feer fere free Free -free

47 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

defer EAfrE eefer effer Efren efter feare Feder feere feers Feher Fener feres Ferez ferie ferme Ferre fever fevre fewer feyer firee fleer Fleer Foree freed Freel freep FREEP freer Freer frees Frees freet Freet Frege freke Frere Frese ifere reefs Reefs reefy refed refel refer yfere

23 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

eef eer EER -eer e'er EFE Efé ere Ere 'ere erf fee fer FER f***er ree Ree REE ref Ref REF Ref. RFE

28 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

beef deef keef Keef leef meef reaf reeb Reeb reed Reed reek reel Reel reem reen Reep REER rees Rees REEs reet Reff reif REMF rief RREF teef

8 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

eef ree Ree REE ref Ref REF Ref.

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