gulf

gulf  (glf)

n.

1. Abbr. G. A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, especially a long landlocked portion of sea opening through a strait.

2. A deep, wide chasm; an abyss.

3. A wide gap, as in understanding: "the gulf between the Victorian sensibility and our own" Babette Deutsch.

4. Something, such as a whirlpool, that draws down or engulfs.

tr.v. gulfed, gulf·ing, gulfs

To engulf.

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[Middle English goulf, from Old French golfe, from Old Italian golfo, from Late Latin colpus, colfus, from Greek kolpos, bosom, gulf.]

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gulf

Noun

1. a large deep bay

2. something that divides or separates people, such as a lack of understanding: gradually the gulf between father and son has lessened [Greek kolpos]

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gulf  (glf)

A large body of ocean or sea water that is partly surrounded by land.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gulf - an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
	2.	gulf - an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy" disconnect, disconnection disparity - inequality or difference in some respect
	3.	gulf - a deep wide chasm chasm - a deep opening in the earth's surface

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gulf

noun 1. bay, bight, sea inlet

noun 2. chasm, opening, split, gap, rent, breach, separation, void, rift, abyss, cleft

Translations

gulf [gʌlf] n → golfo (= abyss); abismo;

the Gulf → el Golfo (Pérsico)

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gulf [gʌlf] n → golfe m (= abyss); gouffre m;

the (Persian) Gulf → le golfe Persique

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gulf [gʌlf] n → Golf m;

(abyss) → Abgrund m (fig) (difference) → Kluft f;

the (Persian) Gulf → der (Persische) Golf

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gulf [gʌlf] n → golfo (= abyss); abisso;

the (Persian) Gulf → il Golfo Persico