Reef vs Rock - What's the difference?
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Scabby; scurvy.
A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
(Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
(nautical) A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.
A reef knot.
(nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
* 1970' July–December, Margaret Quilty, ''Roller '''Reefing Made Easy'', '' ,
* 1995 , David Seidman, The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing ,
* 2004 , Charlie Wing, How Boat Things Work ,
(Australian) To pull or yank strongly.
* 1986 , Jan Wositzky, Me and Phar Lap: The Remarkable Life of Tommy Woodcock , 2011,
* 1994 , Herb Wharton, Cattle Camp: Murrie Drovers and Their Stories , 2010,
* 2007 , Marion Houldsworth, Maybe It?ll Rain Tomorrow , 2012,
(nautical, of paddles) To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
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, title= A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
(UK) A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.
A large hill or island having no vegetation.
* Pearl, Wikipedia [http://www.answers.com/topic/paarl]
(figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
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* 1991 , Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman, (Soapdish) , Paramount Pictures,
(geology) Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
(slang) A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
A lump or cube of ice.
(British, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
(US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
(US, slang) An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
(South Africa, slang, derogatory) An Afrikaner.
An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
(basketball, informal) A basketball (ball).
A fish, the striped bass.
A fish, the huss or rock salmon.
(transitive, and, intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
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, title= To cause to shake or sway violently.
* (John Dryden)
To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
(intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
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, title= (euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with someone.
A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums and vocals.
To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
(slang) To be very favourable or skilful; to excel.
to thrill or excite, especially with rock music
to do something with excitement yet skillfully
To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
* 2011 , Tim Jonze, The Guardian , 29 Apr 2011:
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(countable) distaff
* Spenser
(uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
As a noun reef
is hoop (metal band on a barrel).As a verb rock is
(rycka).reef
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ref, hreof, from (etyl) . Compare (l), (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
From earlier riff, from (etyl) rif, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia reef) (en noun)Derived terms
* coral reef * close reef * reef band * reef knot * reef line * reef points * reef rash * reef tackle * take a reef inVerb
page 63,
- Be sure the blocks are securely mounted—they carry a fairish load when the sail is reefed .
- If both reefing line and main halyard are led to the cockpit, even singlehanded reefing is a breeze.
page 104,
- Mains are made smaller by reefing . This can be done by rolling up the sail around the boom, or by the more traditional method of tying down a panel along the foot.
page 108,
- The reefing system for a mainsail must be designed to operate efficiently under adverse conditions and to provide proper sail shape when reefed .
page 49,
- And when the Cup came on he stirred them up ?round the barrier and he flew out of the barrier and he pulled and reefed' and pulled and ' reefed and Lewis didn?t let him settle down until about three furlongs from home and when he did settle the horse was all out of stride and he went back through the field a fair bit.
page 73,
- Alf told me that one young white stockman, eager to impress the girls, went outside and mounted his horse, then began showing off his prowess, racing past the pub, wheeling and reefing his horse up and down the street, yackeyeing and whooping, flogging his horse with a battered old hat and always turning towards the pub to see if the girls were watching these feats of horsemanship.
page 104,
- head stockman would say ‘Cut one out but take him at a walk.? And if you could get that beast out without reefing your horse around, the head stockman – he?d be a pretty cluey old coot - he?s watching that horse?s ears more than what you were doing.
- Reef the paddles.
Anagrams
* fere * freerock
English
(wikipedia rock)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rocke, ).http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=rock&searchmode=noneNoun
High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.
- The location is particularly well known for its Pearl Mountain or "Pearl Rock'". This huge granite rock is formed by three rounded outcrops that make up Pearl Mountain and has been compared in majesty to Uluru (formerly known as ' Ayers Rock ) in Australia."
- And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Celeste Talbert: She is my rock , my right hand.
- We ordered rock and chips to take away.
Synonyms
* (natural mineral aggregate) stone * (projecting mass of rock) cliff * (boulder or large stone) boulder, pebble, stone * foundation, support * (precious stone or gem) gem, diamond * (lump of ice) ice, ice cube * (crystallized lump of crack cocaine) crack * (Afrikaner) AfrikanerDerived terms
* bedrock * between a rock and a hard place * dumb as rocks/dumb as a box of rocks * get one's rocks off * hit the rock * hit the rocks * on the rocks * rock bottom * rock crystal * rock dove * Rock English * rockery * rock garden * rock hard * rock hound * rockiness * rockness * Rock of Ages * rock pigeon * rock rabbit * rock salt * rock scorpion * rock solid * rocky * see rocks ahead * solid as a rock * steady as a rock * sunken rock * the Rock * The RockReferences
Etymology 2
From (etyl) rokken, from (etyl) roccian, from (etyl) ).Verb
(en verb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.}}
- A rising earthquake rocked the ground.
Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea, passage=The Blues' challenge had been rocking at that point, with Terry's centre-back partner Gary Cahill lost to injury and Barca having just levelled the tie through Busquets's neat, close-range finish from Isaac Cuenca's pull-back.}}
- ": I just wanna rock you, all night long.
- ": Rock''' me gently, '''rock me slowly, take it easy, don't you know, 'cause I have never been loved like this before.
Derived terms
* rock along * rock and roll * rock with laughter * rocker * rockily * rocking chair * rocky * rocky chair * rock the boat * rock-a-bye * the hand that rocks the cradle rules the worldEtymology 3
Shortened from rock and roll. Since the meaning of (term) has adapted to mean a simpler, more modern, metal-like genre, (term) has generally been left referring to earlier forms such as that of the 1950s, notably more swing-oriented style.Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (style of music)Verb
(en verb)- Let’s rock !
- Chocolate rocks .
- Let's rock this joint!
- I need to rock a piss.
- Take today, where she's rocking that well-known fashion combo – a Tory Burch outfit offset with a whacking great bruise attained by smacking her head on a plane's overhead lockers.
citation, passage= Rihanna was the pick of the best bunch, rocking a black backless crocodile dress from Tom Ford’s Autumn 2012 collection}}
Synonyms
* (be very favourable or skilful) ruleAntonyms
* (be very favourable or skilful) suckDerived terms
* acid rock * alternative rock * Britrock * Christian rock * cock rock * country rock * dadrock * deathrock * folk rock * glam rock * glitter rock * gothic rock * hard rock * J-rock * krautrock * pop rock * post-rock * progressive rock * punk rock * punk rocker * rockabilly * * rocker * soft rock * space rock * stoner rock * technorockEtymology 4
From (etyl) rok, rocke , rokke, perhaps from (etyl) .Noun
- Sad Clotho held the rocke , the whiles the thread / By grisly Lachesis was spun with pain, / That cruel Atropos eftsoon undid.
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