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gulf (gulf)

noun

  1. a large body of sea or ocean water, typically larger than a bay, that is partially enclosed by land
  2. a wide, deep chasm or abyss
  3. a wide or impassable gap or separation
  4. an eddy that draws objects down; whirlpool

Etymology: ME goulf < OFr golfe < It golfo < LGr kolphos, for Gr kolpos, a fold, bosom, gulf, prob. < IE *kwolpos < base *kwel-, to turn > Ger wölben, to arch

transitive verb

to swallow up; engulf

gulf Idioms

the Gulf

  1. the Persian Gulf or the surrounding region
  2. the Gulf of Mexico or the surrounding region

gulf Synonyms

gulf

n.

  1. Chasm

    abyss, abysm, depth; see ravine.

  2. An arm of the sea

    inlet, sound, cove; see bay.

  3. A vast interval

    distance, hiatus, interregnum; see expanse.

gulf Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • yawn: On the Middle East a difference in emphasis has become a yawning gulf.
  • widen: Previous article: Widening gulf between Parliaments ( Fri 4th Mar 2005 ).
  • bridge: The Church alone can bridge the gulf between the divided communities.
  • underline: One ace in particular underlined the gulf between Williams at her best and the rest of the field.
  • expose: The first hour exposed a huge gulf between Leeds and the team that started the game at the top of a premature Premiership table.
  • fix: Yet there was a great gulf fixed between them.

Preposition: between

  • rhetoric: We have already seen the gulf between rhetoric and reality in the European Union.
  • expectation: The starting point is the growing gulf between voter expectations of higher public spending and their actual experience.

Adjective modifier

  • unbridgeable: Normally the mind would reject any doctrine proposed for its belief with this unbridgeable gulf in it.
  • impassable: According to the same author these living ones " have chosen to proclaim the existence of an impassable gulf between the revolutionary ( ?
  • enormous: There is this enormous gulf between them, which is amplified by Haynes's use of distanced camera takes.
  • vast: She could not look at him through an interval that seemed to her a vast gulf of time.
  • huge: The whole thing sets a huge gulf in our understanding.
  • deep: With most Americans I feel a deeper gulf still.

Modifies a noun

  • cvb: Should include each now rent out gulf coast cvb.
  • coast: Forster's Tern Very common on the gulf coast.
  • stream: Imagine your own four mile private sandy beach with a sparkling sea warmed by the gulf stream.
  • war: The United States got involved in the gulf war for economic reasons.

Noun used with modifier

widening: Alan knows, it's only fair that you- ' A glance at Alan indicated a widening gulf.

Preposition: of

execution: The previous model of interaction included the ` gulf of execution ' .

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