English-French translations for reef

• récif
  Nous devrions construire des récifs au large. We should be building offshore reefs.
  - Monsieur le Président, les récifs coralliens en eau profonde constituent une ressource qui mérite notre protection. Mr President, deep-water coral reefs are a resource which deserves our protection.
  Dans les forêts de l’océan et les récifs coralliens des fonds marins, où les poissons sont incapables de protester. The forests of the sea are coral reefs at the bottom of the sea, among fish that are unable to cry out.
• arriser
• écueil
• filon
• haut-fond
• prendre un ris

Definition of reef

• A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water
• A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind
• To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind
• To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding
• To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply
• Scabby; scurvy
• The itch; any eruptive skin disorder

Examples

• Reef the paddles.

Related words

• freefall
• reefer
• threefoldness
• threefold
• shereef
• threefin
• reefal
• treefrog
• freefight