Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reef

plural of reef

A surname from German.

plural of Reef

(nautical) A bowsprit so rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.

plural of reefing bowsprit

plural of coral reef

A mineral deposit associated with the crest of an anticlinal fold and following the bedding planes, usually found in vertical succession, especially the gold-bearing quartz veins of Australia.

plural of saddle reef

(surfing, slang) A wave that breaks over a projection from the seabed formed from coral reef or rock shelf.