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reefed

adjective as in shipwrecked

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adverb as in aground

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It’s hoped the ferry can be sunk, or reefed, this season.

“I really reefed on that thing,” he said in the documentary.

The main, still reefed, he tightened a bit to match the jib and the Frog seemed to leap ahead.

We have the sails tightly reefed and tied down.

When the winds became too uncertain, the captain ordered the high sail reefed.

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