To reef a sail as tightly as possible by taking in all available reefs, thereby reducing the sail area maximally for strong winds.
Infinitiveclose-reef
Past simpleclose-reefed
Past participleclose-reefed
-ing formclose-reefing
Full conjugation of the English verb to close-reef (past simple close-reefed,
past participle close-reefed):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
close-reef
you
close-reef
he/she/it
close-reefs
we
close-reef
you
close-reef
they
close-reef
Present continuous
I
am close-reefing
you
are close-reefing
he/she/it
is close-reefing
we
are close-reefing
you
are close-reefing
they
are close-reefing
Present perfect
I
have close-reefed
you
have close-reefed
he/she/it
has close-reefed
we
have close-reefed
you
have close-reefed
they
have close-reefed
Present perfect continuous
I
have been close-reefing
you
have been close-reefing
he/she/it
has been close-reefing
we
have been close-reefing
you
have been close-reefing
they
have been close-reefing
Past simple
I
close-reefed
you
close-reefed
he/she/it
close-reefed
we
close-reefed
you
close-reefed
they
close-reefed
Past continuous
I
was close-reefing
you
were close-reefing
he/she/it
was close-reefing
we
were close-reefing
you
were close-reefing
they
were close-reefing
Past perfect
I
had close-reefed
you
had close-reefed
he/she/it
had close-reefed
we
had close-reefed
you
had close-reefed
they
had close-reefed
Past perfect continuous
I
had been close-reefing
you
had been close-reefing
he/she/it
had been close-reefing
we
had been close-reefing
you
had been close-reefing
they
had been close-reefing
Future simple
I
will close-reef
you
will close-reef
he/she/it
will close-reef
we
will close-reef
you
will close-reef
they
will close-reef
Future continuous
I
will be close-reefing
you
will be close-reefing
he/she/it
will be close-reefing
we
will be close-reefing
you
will be close-reefing
they
will be close-reefing
Future perfect
I
will have close-reefed
you
will have close-reefed
he/she/it
will have close-reefed
we
will have close-reefed
you
will have close-reefed
they
will have close-reefed
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been close-reefing
you
will have been close-reefing
he/she/it
will have been close-reefing
we
will have been close-reefing
you
will have been close-reefing
they
will have been close-reefing
Conditional
Present
I
would close-reef
you
would close-reef
he/she/it
would close-reef
we
would close-reef
you
would close-reef
they
would close-reef
Present continuous
I
would be close-reefing
you
would be close-reefing
he/she/it
would be close-reefing
we
would be close-reefing
you
would be close-reefing
they
would be close-reefing
Perfect
I
would have close-reefed
you
would have close-reefed
he/she/it
would have close-reefed
we
would have close-reefed
you
would have close-reefed
they
would have close-reefed
Perfect continuous
I
would have been close-reefing
you
would have been close-reefing
he/she/it
would have been close-reefing
we
would have been close-reefing
you
would have been close-reefing
they
would have been close-reefing
Subjunctive
Present
that I
close-reef
that you
close-reef
that he/she/it
close-reef
that we
close-reef
that you
close-reef
that they
close-reef
Past
if I
close-reefed
if you
close-reefed
if he/she/it
close-reefed
if we
close-reefed
if you
close-reefed
if they
close-reefed
Imperative
Affirmative
you
close-reef
we
let's close-reef
Negative
you
don't close-reef
we
let's not close-reef
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to close-reef
Perfect infinitive
to have close-reefed
Present participle / gerund
close-reefing
Past participle
close-reefed
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.