(n.) A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
(n.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) One of the main users is coastal planning organizations and conservation organizations that are working on coral reefs.
(2) It is resilient, but like all reefs around the world, it is also facing challenges.
(3) What are the major threats that face the world's coral reefs and what more needs to be done to protect them?
(4) Greg Hunt , the environment minister, said he will use the existing Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority act to “put in place this ban in legislative form”.
(5) World Wildlife Fund Great Barrier Reef campaigner Richard Leck said it was a sad day for the reef and anyone who cared about its future.
(6) But the Guardian can now reveal Australia will also need to report on how it is dealing with the current bleaching, where almost a quarter of the coral on the reef has been killed.
(7) The federal court is being asked to overturn the environment minister, Greg Hunt’s approval of Indian company Adani’s $16.5bn Queensland coalmine because he did not take into account the impact on the Great Barrier Reef of the greenhouse gases emitted when the coal is burned.
(8) But it welcomed Australia’s 2050 long-term sustainability plan for the reef , which includes an 80% cut in water pollution by 2025 and an extra $200m (AUD) to accelerate that progress in the next five years.
(9) Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, a Griffith University associate professor, said the research was “a major step forward in understanding how seaweeds can harm corals and has important implications for comprehending the consequences of increased carbon dioxide emissions on the health of the Great Barrier Reef”.
(10) Warming water will make it hard for many of the reef’s corals to survive, while the acidification of the oceans will hinder the ability of remaining corals to form their skeletons.
(11) A recent study suggests that coral disease is doubled when dredging occurs near reefs, although supporters of the dredging have repeatedly insisted it can be done safely and that the Abbot Point sediment will be dumped around 40km from the nearest reef.
(12) This process hinders the ability of corals to produce the skeletal building blocks of reefs.
(13) So are you optimistic then about the future survival of the world's coral reefs in the long term?
(14) They want to send a very clear message to China that they are serious about this.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest This image from the US navy purportedly shows Chinese dredging vessels in the waters around Mischief reef in the disputed Spratly archipelago in May 2015.
(15) He can come any time he likes, he’s absolutely welcome to come to Australia, to come to Queensland and to come to the Great Barrier Reef,” she said in Brisbane.
(16) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef worse than for decades The photos were taken from around Lizard Island by Lyle Vale from Coral Watch at the University of Queensland .
(17) The prime minister has been urging all Australians to remain calm in the face of increased terrorism threats,” said the society’s reef campaign director, Felicity Wishart.
(18) So we looked at the economic contribution of tourists to that area and compared it with the cost of interventions to improve water quality and coral reef health in that area.
(19) Chinese authorities said earlier they had monitored, followed and warned US warship USS Lassen as it “illegally” entered waters near the disputed reefs, and urged Washington to “immediately correct its mistake”.
(20) It was the fourth mass bleaching to hit the reef in recorded history – all since 1998 – and coral scientists are alarmed the increasing regularity of these events gives stressed coral precious little chance to recover.
Rug
Definition:
(a.) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.
(a.) A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.
(a.) A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
(v. t.) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Example Sentences:
(1) The hosts had resisted through the early stages, emulating their rugged first-half displays against Manchester United and Arsenal here this season, and even mustered a flurry of half-chances just before the interval to offer a reminder they might glean greater reward thereafter.
(2) Steps wind down a rugged rock face to a bedroom, while light floods in from round skylights in the domed ceiling above.
(3) The Turner prize-winning artist has turned his sights on the survivalist and his exceptionally rugged version of masculinity, arguing that it isn’t fit for the 21st century.
(4) Many survivors use it to get the accommodations needed to stay in school, while others used it to hold their institutions accountable for sweeping sexual assault under the rug.” More than two dozen states are suing the Obama administration over its guidance on transgender students in an effort that is overwhelmingly led by Republican secretaries of state.
(5) As the president of Russia's Kalmykia republic from 1993 to 2010, Ilyumzhinov undoubtedly has close ties to the Kremlin, and a woven rug featuring Putin's face hangs in his office.
(6) Also, a wildfire in a rugged area near the Canadian border chased hundreds of people from their homes and burned 10 to 12 structures, and a blaze north-east of Colville scorched almost five square miles and forced evacuations at campgrounds in the area.
(7) Allergenic proteins were extracted from one silk batch that was imported to be used as filling material for bed mattresses and rugs.
(8) And reporting by the Observer reveals the extent to which al-Qaida has integrated itself with powerful tribes that control large swaths of Yemen's rugged east and parts of its south.
(9) FIVE MORE FRENCH COASTAL GEMS Marseille grotto Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy A 40-minute walk from Marseille’s Luminy university campus, Calanque de Sugiton, the most picturesque of the city’s rugged, limestone coves has blue-green waters, twisted pine trees and a narrow island-rock to swim out to known as Le Torpilleur.
(10) Laminin and its E1-4 and E8 fragments are able to activate the ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity of both BCS-TC2 and Rugli cells.
(11) Pictures of the young Depardieu in a good light suggest a rugged, brooding, if not classically good-looking man with a squared chin and mop of blonde hair.
(12) In the presence of glucose oxidase and trien this polymer forms rugged, cross-linked, electroactive films on the surface of electrodes, thereby eliminating the requirement for a membrane for containing the enzyme and redox couple.
(13) The tone was set in the second minute when Ben Westwood, Warrington's notoriously rugged forward, left the Wigan stand-off Blake Green on the ground needing lengthy treatment.
(14) The simple design and rugged construction permit the incorporation of the apparatus into many manual or personal computer controlled oxygen consumption systems.
(15) Both offer lodges and campsites, but keep in mind that only a very small fraction of these remote and rugged parks are accessible by road.
(16) "When a similar report was released in 2009, the Administration largely swept it under the rug.
(17) La Posada has undergone a $12m renovation, transforming it into a magical place with handmade Mexican tin and tile mirrors, six-foot cast iron tubs, hand woven Zapotec rugs, and hand-painted furniture and tile murals.
(18) These assays have proven to be accurate, precise, reproducible, and rugged during clinical sample analyses.
(19) And cutting support now would take demand out of the economy, pull the rug from under the recovery, and delay our return to sustained growth.
(20) Chelsea had laboured at times without him in that first period, Begovic denying them reward from an urgent opening and Stoke rugged and organised until self-destructing with half-time in sight.