| beef | (noun) cattle that are reared for their meat | Synonyms: beef cattle |
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| (noun) informal terms for objecting | Synonyms: bitch, gripe, kick, squawk |
| (noun) meat from an adult domestic bovine | Synonyms: boeuf |
| (verb) complain | Synonyms: bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
| reef | (noun) one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind | - |
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| (noun) a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water | - |
| (verb) roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area | - |
| (verb) reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef | - |
| (verb) lower and bring partially inboard | - |