Usually means: Shortened sail by folding, tying.
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  1. reefed: Merriam-Webster
  2. reefed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. reefed: Vocabulary.com
  4. reefed: Wordnik
  5. reefed: Wiktionary
  6. Reefed, reefed: Dictionary.com
  7. Reefed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Reefed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. reefed: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. reefed: FreeDictionary.org
  11. reefed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. reefed: Encyclopedia

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  1. reefed: Medical dictionary

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  1. reefed: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (reefed)

adjective:  (nautical) Having part of a sail tied up in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
adjective:  (aviation, space flight, of a parachute) Semi-deployed, with the canopy initially restricted from fully opening, in order to avoid subjecting the canopy to excessive air loads or the payload to excessive g-forces from fully deploying at high airspeed.

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