Synonym: Rand, Reef, Witwatersrand. Similar words: free from, greenhouse effect, the greenhouse effect, beef, beef up, roast beef, gleefully, side effect. Meaning: [rɪːf] n. 1. a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water 2. a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese. v. 1. lower and bring partially inboard 2. roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area 3. reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef.
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31. With a little care in their placement in the tank, the mushroom polyps can be thoroughly recommended for the reef aquarium.
32. For their sins, they were both nailed and all but crucified on the reef.
33. The reef fishes display an almost endless variety of colors and patterns.
34. Five years after Gomez launched the coral reef, it is only now configuring itself into self-sustenance.
35. It is a long and seemingly insurmountable list of challenges to the health and survival of the reef.
36. The reef consists of 130 species of coral and supports over 300 species of fish as well as other assorted marine creatures.
37. Large shoals may be found on quite shallow reefs or close to the walls of steep drop-offs beyond the protecting reef.
38. The undertaking will enable scientists to test theories about how marine life moves about the reef.
39. Rather than be blown up, Muller grounded his ship on a coral reef and surrendered.
40. After a day on the Great Barrier Reef enjoying the white water rafting, the serious rugby commenced.
41. My few days were intermediate - cloudy, rough, with the reef and turbid water yet to fully recover.
42. The fish live in a shallow tropical lagoon, which is enclosed by a coral reef.
43. Here, on a nine-mile reef just off the coast, boyfriend Cuan had taught Elizabeth to scuba-dive.
44. Inside the reef, on calmer waters, the boy gratefully nodded off to sleep, exhausted by his ordeal.
45. Above: Drifting slowly up the reef wall, curious fish surround a diver.
46. He'd sailed these waters for six months and knew every reef and coral head shallow enough to be a threat.
47. Have you ever seen an ocean wave pass over a submerged reef?
48. Such feather stars are very numerous in some reef habitats today.
49. The sea was such a mess that it took him a few moments to be sure of the reef.
50. Despite the protection of the reef, there was sufficient sea running to make the patrol boat roll through sixty degrees.
51. Corals also grow on the lagoon slope and in patches, known as reef knolls, on the lagoon floor. Sentencedict.com
52. Some degraded sections of higher level limestone on present reef flats may represent interglacial or Post-glacial higher sea levels.
53. There is strong evidence to suggest that the Great Barrier Reef will have disappeared in 20 years time.
54. We rolled heavily as I clung to the shrouds scanning the reef as best I could.
55. I stepped on to the reef, reached for my duffel bag, and lofted it to my shoulder.
56. They sailed on over the friendly shallows toward the sun, levitating behind the waves on the reef.
57. Adey had grown an artificial self-regenerating coral reef once before as a museum exhibit at the Smithsonian.
58. Then they spotted a fishing boat, near the northernmost reef.
59. During the same time, certain species dominating the initial reef disappeared.
60. We can find some living clues back on the reef.
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