Overview of noun reef

The noun reef has 3 senses

• reef -- (a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water)


• Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef -- (a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese)


• reef -- (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)

Overview of verb reef

The verb reef has 3 senses

• reef -- (lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat's mast")


• reef -- (roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area)


• reef -- (reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef)