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Definition of reefs in English Turkish dictionary
- resifleri
Isıtıcı sular, mercan resiflerine zarar verir ve birçok deniz türünün verimini, bolluğunu ve üretkenliğini değiştirir.
-Warmer waters harm coral reefs and alter the distribution, abundance, and productivity of many marine species.
Mercan resifleri iklim değişikliği tarafından tehdit ediliyor.
-Coral reefs are threatened by climate change.
- reef
- resif
Bilim adamları, Avustralya'daki Büyük Set Resifi'nin yarısından fazlasının son 30 yıl içinde yok edildiğini söylüyorlar.
-Scientists say more than half of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been destroyed in the past 30 years.
Belize set resifi, kuzey yarımküredeki en büyük set resifidir ve aynı zamanda popüler bir dalış noktası olan Büyük Mavi Delikle de ünlüdür.
-The Belize barrier reef is the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere and is also famous for the Great Blue Hole, a popular diving spot.
- reef
- kayalık
- reef
- {i} sığ kayalık
- reef
- ihtiyatlı hareket etmek
- coral reefs
- (Denizbilim) mercan resifleri
- reef
- (Askeri) mercan adası
- reef
- (Askeri) atol
- reef
- (Askeri,Teknik) maden damarı
- reef
- reef knot camadan bağı
- third person singular of reef
- üçüncü kişi resif tekil
- are there reefs or strong currents here
- burada kayalık veya akıntı var mı
- reef
- {i} camadan
- reef
- {f} camadan vurmak
- reef
- {f} temkinli davranmak
- reef
- cıvadıra bastonunu mayna etmek
- reef
- yelkenin bir kat camadanı
- reef
- {i} altınlı maden damarı
- reef
- reef point camadan halat
- reef
- camadanını bağlamak
- reef
- kaya döküntülü kıyı
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Turkish - Turkish
Definition of reefs in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- reef
- Tuzlu su kıyısı akvaryumu
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Definition of reefs in English English dictionary
- chains or rocks of ridges of sand at or near the surface of water
- Any submarine or tidal rocks which are hazardous
- A solid limestone structure constructed by organisms and resistant to wave activity
- plural of reef
- third person singular of reef
- coral reefs
- plural form of coral reef
- reef
- & A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore
- reef
- A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water
- reef
- A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind
- reef
- {v} to draw in sails, reduce, contract, fold
- reef
- {n} a part of a sail rolled up, a chain of rocks
- reef
- an underwater natural barrier
The Australian Great Barrier Reef is the largest natural reef in the world.
- coral reefs
- Prominent oceanic features composed of hard, limy skeletons produced by coral animals; usually formed along edges of shallow, submerged ocean banks or along shelves in warm, shallow, tropical seas
- coral reefs
- accumulation of rocklike deposits that are the skeletons of living creatures that occur in warm seas
- coral reefs
- A ridgelike or moundlike structure composed of corals and other aquatic organisms, occurring in shallow water along some subtropical and tropical shorelines
- reef
- To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar
- reef
- To reduce the area of sail exposed to the wind The portion of sail taken in, as in "we took in a reef when the wind rose" Small lines called reef points are used to tie up a potion of the sail in a bundle to reduce its area
- reef
- a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
- reef
- A large vein of auriferous quartz; so called in Australia
- reef
- He must take in a reef or so He must reduce his expenses; he must retrench A reef is that part of a sail which is between two rows of eyelet-holes The object of these eyelet-holes is to reduce the sail reef by reef as it is required
- reef
- A metallic mineral deposit, especially gold-bearing, commonly in a sedimentary rock
- reef
- a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
- reef
- To reduce the sail area
- reef
- 1) To partially lower a sail so that it is not as large This helps prevent too much sail from being in use when the wind gets stronger 2) A line of rock and coral near the surface of the water
- reef
- To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind
- reef
- – The part of a sail which is rolled up and made fast to reduce the area exposed to the wind during a storm
- reef
- a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast
- reef
- A reef is a long line of rocks or sand, the top of which is just above or just below the surface of the sea. An unspoilt coral reef encloses the bay. a line of sharp rocks, often made of coral, or a raised area of sand near the surface of the sea (rif). reef in to tie up part of a sail in order to make it smaller. Capitol Reef National Park coral reef Great Barrier Reef
- reef
- An Australian term meaning vein or lode
- reef
- A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore
- reef
- an area of the shore between land and deep water where seaweed and aquatic plants grow (batture)
- reef
- {f} roll up part of a sail in order to expose less sail area to the wind (Nautical)
- reef
- 1 To reduce the sail area by partly lowering the sail and securing the surplus material to the boom; 2 A ridge of rock or coral lying at, near, or beneath the surface of the water
- reef
- A ridge of rocks, sand, or coral at or near the surface of a body of water
- reef
- a strip of rock, sand or coral close to the surface of the ocean or another body of water
- reef
- A chain of rocks, often coral, lying near the water surface Sometimes ships bump into coral reefs in the ocean
- reef
- A strip or ridge of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to, or near the surface of a body of water
- reef
- A chain of rocks or coral at or near the surface of the water A 1-D basic feature
- reef
- lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast"
- reef
- A ridge of rocks found in the tidal zone along a coastline One common type of reef is the coral reef
- reef
- A reef knot
- reef
- roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
- reef
- See Coral reefs, under Coral
- reef
- A chain of rocks, often coral, lying near the water surface
- reef
- Related Topics: [wetlands] Reefs are ridges or mound formed through the growth and accumulation of sedentary invertebrates They may be classified as either wetland or deepwater habitats and will periodically give rise to lush aquatic beds and occasionally mangrove forests For the most part reefs are restricted to waters at tropical and subtropical latitudes - consequently nearly all U S wetlands are limited to the waters around the Hawaiian Islands and the Florida coast
- reef
- n a mound of living and once living matter that forms a wall in the ocean The mound parallels the shore
- reef
- Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore
- reef
- To reduce sail area
- reef
- The rolled up part of a sail, tied with the reef lines, that is used to reduce sail area for heavy winds
- reef
- A ridge of rock or other material lying just below the surface of the sea
- reef
- An arrangement to reduce the area of a sail in a high wind
- reef
- reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
- reef
- A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water
- reef
- 1) "A part of the sail that can be taken in, rolled up and secured by reef-points " (Uden & Cooper) 2) To lower or lift that part of the sail part way and then secure it as described This is used to decrease the amount of sail that the wind affects 3) The line attached to the side of some square sails that hauls up the side part way to aid in reefing and/or furling
- reef
- {i} ridge of coral or rock located near the surface of the sea; part of a sail that can be adjusted in order to control the sail area that is exposed to the wind
- reef
- A solid structure built of shells and other secretions of marine organisms, particularly coral
- reef
- That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind
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Turkish pronunciation
rifsPronunciation
/ˈrēfs/ /ˈriːfs/
Etymology
[ 'rEf ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English riff, from Old Norse rif; akin to Old English ribb rib.Resimler
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