Definitions of GULF [ʌlf]

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Definition of 'GULF'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) gulf
a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.

2.  gulf
a deep hollow; abyss.

3.  gulf
any wide divergence, as between individuals in social status, opinion, etc., or between theory and practice.

4.  gulf
something that engulfs or swallows up.

5. (v.t.) gulf
to swallow up; engulf.

Etymology: (1300–50; < OF golfe < It golfo < LGk kólphos, Gk kólpos bosom, lap, bay)

Definition of 'GULF'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) gulf
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

2. (noun) gulf, disconnect, disconnection
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"

3. (noun) gulf
a deep wide chasm

Definition of 'GULF'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) gulf
a large area of ocean mostly surrounded by land
the Gulf of Mexico

2. gulf
a large difference
the growing gulf between the rich and the rest of society

Definition of 'GULF'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) GULF
a hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,

2. (noun) GULF
that which swallows; the gullet

3. (noun) GULF
that which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy

4. (noun) GULF
a portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico

5. (noun) GULF
a large deposit of ore in a lode

Translation of 'GULF'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a part of the sea with land round a large part of it the Gulf of Mexico.
Afrikaans: golf, baai	Arabic: خَليج	Bulgarian: залив
Brazilian: golfo	Czech: záliv	German: der Golf
Danish: havbugt; golf	Greek: κόλπος	Spanish: golfo
Estonian: laht	Farsi: خلیج	Finnish: merenlahti
French: golfe	Hebrew: מִפרָץ	Hindi: खाड़ी
Croatian: zaljev	Hungarian: öböl	Indonesian: teluk
Icelandic: flói	Italian: golfo	Japanese: 湾
Korean: 만(灣)	Lithuanian: įlanka	Latvian: jūras līcis
Malay: teluk	Dutch: golf	Norwegian: havbukt
Polish: zatoka	Persian: خلیج	Pashto: خليج، فاصله، ژور ځاى، چار
Portuguese: golfo	Romanian: golf	Russian: залив
Slovak: záliv	Slovenian: zaliv	Serbian: zaliv
Swedish: golf, havsbukt	Thai: อ่าว	Turkish: körfez
Taiwanese: 海灣	Ukrainian: затока	Urdu: خلیج، کھاڑی
Vietnamese: vịnh	Chinese: 海湾
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