2. Verb. (third-person singular of reef) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reefs
1. reef [v] - See also: reef
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reefs
Literary usage of Reefs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"... areas interspersed with low coral islands—Subsidence of their foundations—Barrier
reefs—Fringing reefs—Conversion of fringing reefs into barrier reefs, ..."
2. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"... interspersed with low coral islands — Subsidence of their foundations — Barrier
reefs — Fringing reefs — Conversion of fringing reefs into barrier reefs ..."
3. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... reef-building Corals can live— Vast Areas interspersed with low Coral
Islands—Subsidence of their foundations—Barrier reefs—Fringing reefs—Conversion ..."
4. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... reefs —Fringing reefs—Conversion of fringing reefs into barrier reefs, ...
their peculiar structure—Dead and submerged reefs— Areas of subsidence and ..."
5. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1873)
"... Areas interspersed with low Coral Islands—Subsidence of their foundations—Barrier
reefs —Fringing reefs—Conversion of Fringing reefs into Barrier reefs, ..."
6. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... Areas interspersed with low Coral Islands—Subsidence of their foundations—Barrier
reefs—Fringing reefs—Conversion of Fringing reefs into Barrier reefs, ..."
7. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1884)
"... interspersed with low Coral Islands — Subsidence of their foundations—Barrier
reefs —Fringing reefs—Conversion of Fringing reefs into Barrier reefs, ..."
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