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reef a sail in
reef a sail in
to reduce the area of a ship's sail, by folding the sail. The first mate ordered the sailors to reef the sails in. They had to reef in the sails.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| ConrÍ | | - | Irish |
| Shri | | SHREE | Hinduism |
| Yudel | | - | Yiddish |
| Christy | | ['kristi:] | |
| Ratna | | - | Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Nepali, Indonesian |
| Jay (2) | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati |