name
Meaning 1
The Persian Gulf, or the region surrounding it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Gulf States
- Gulf War
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gulf
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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gŭlf
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/ɡɒlf/ gulf-golf merger
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homophone: golf (gulf-golf merger)
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name
Meaning 2
The Gulf of Mexico, or the region surrounding it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Gulf States
- Gulf Stream
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name
Meaning 3
An epoch constituting a subdivision of the Cretaceous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Gulfian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
That which swallows; the gullet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
Examples
- the Gulf of Mexico
- the Persian Gulf
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 8
A large deposit of ore in a lode.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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noun
Meaning 9
A wide interval or gap; a separating space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 10
A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 11
The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Oxbridge slang
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verb
Meaning 12
To engulf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 13
To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: Oxbridge slang
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noun
Meaning 14
an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
- there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disconnect, disconnection
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disparity
noun
Meaning 15
a deep wide chasm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chasm
noun
Meaning 16
an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body of water, water
Narrower terms: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Antalya, Gulf of Aqaba, Gulf of Akaba, Gulf of Bothnia, Gulf of California, Sea of Cortes, Gulf of Campeche, Golfo de Campeche, Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Carpentaria, Carpentaria, Gulf of Corinth, Gulf of Lepanto, Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Martaban, Gulf of Mexico, Golfo de Mexico, Gulf of Ob, Bay of Ob, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Riga, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gulf of Sidra, Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Tehuantepec, Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Siam, Gulf of Venice, Persian Gulf, Arabian Gulf
History
Etymology
From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwelp- (“to curve, arch”).
Across languages
Translations
126 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: الْخَلِيج (al-ḵalīj) — Translations
- French: Golfe — Translations
- Afrikaans: golf — geography
- Albanian: gji — geography
- Northern Altai: кӧлмек (kölmek) — geography
- Southern Altai: булуҥ (buluŋ) — geography
- Southern Altai: кӧлмӧк (kölmök) — geography
- Southern Altai: опкын (opkïn) — geography
- Arabic: خَلِيج (ḵalīj) — geography
- Arabic: جون (gūn) — geography
- Armenian: ծոց (cocʻ) — geography
- Armenian: ծովախորշ (covaxorš) — geography
- Armenian: ծովածոց (covacocʻ) — geography
- Asturian: golfu — geography
- Azerbaijani: körfəz — geography
- Bashkir: ҡултыҡ (qultıq) — geography
- Bashkir: упҡын (upqın) — geography
- Belarusian: залі́ў (zalíw) — geography
- Belarusian: зато́ка (zatóka) — geography
- Bengali: উপসাগর (upośagor) — geography
- Bulgarian: за́лив (záliv) — geography
- Burmese: ကွေ့ (kwe.) — geography
- Catalan: golf — geography
- Chinese Mandarin: 灣 /湾 (wān) — geography
- Chinese Mandarin: 海灣 /海湾 (hǎiwān) — geography
- Czech: záliv — geography
- Danish: bugt — geography
- Danish: golf — geography
- Dutch: golf — geography
- Esperanto: golfo — geography
- Estonian: laht — geography
- Finnish: lahti — geography
- French: golfe — geography
- Galician: abra — geography
- Georgian: ყურე (q̇ure) — geography
- Georgian: უბე (ube) — geography
- German: Golf — geography
- German: Meerbusen — geography
- German: Bucht — geography
- Greek: κόλπος (kólpos) — geography
- Ancient Greek: κόλπος (kólpos) — geography
- Gujarati: અખાત (akhāt) — geography
- Hebrew: מִפְרָץ (mifráts) — geography
- Hindi: खाड़ी (khāṛī) — geography
- Hindi: उपसागर (upsāgar) — geography
- Hungarian: öböl — geography
- Icelandic: flói — geography
- Ido: gulfo — geography
- Indonesian: teluk — geography
- Irish: murascaill — geography
- Italian: golfo — geography
- Japanese: 湾 (wan) — geography
- Kannada: ಕಂದರ (kandara) — geography
- Kazakh: шығанақ (şyğanaq) — geography
- Khmer: ឈូងសមុទ្រ (chuung saʼmot) — geography
- Korean: 만 (man) — geography
- Northern Kurdish: kendav — geography
- Northern Kurdish: xelîc — geography
- Kyrgyz: булуң (buluŋ) — geography
- Lao: ອ່າວ (ʼāo) — geography
- Latin: sinus — geography
- Latvian: līcis — geography
- Lithuanian: įlanka — geography
- Macedonian: за́лив (záliv) — geography
- Malay: teluk — geography
- Māori: whanga — geography
- Mongolian: далайн булан (dalajn bulan) — geography
- Classical Nahuatl: āihtectli — geography
- Nogai: опкын (opkın) — geography
- Norwegian Bokmål: golf — geography
- Norwegian Bokmål: bukt — geography
- Norwegian Nynorsk: golf — geography
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bukt — geography
- Old English: byht — geography
- Pashto: خليج (xalij) — geography
- Dari: خَلِیج (xalīj) — geography
- Dari: شَاخَاب (šāxāb) — geography
- Iranian Persian: خَلیج (xalij) — geography
- Iranian Persian: شاخاب (šâxâb) — geography
- Polish: zatoka — geography
- Portuguese: golfo — geography
- Romanian: golf — geography
- Russian: зали́в (zalív) — geography
- Russian: пучи́на (pučína) — geography
- Scottish Gaelic: bàgh — geography
- Serbo-Croatian: за́лив — geography
- Serbo-Croatian: за́љев — geography
- Serbo-Croatian: záliv — geography
- Serbo-Croatian: záljev — geography
- Slovak: záliv — geography
- Slovene: zaliv — geography
- Spanish: golfo — geography
- Swahili: ghuba — geography
- Swedish: golf — geography
- Swedish: bukt — geography
- Tagalog: golpo — geography
- Tajik: халиҷ (xalij) — geography
- Tamil: வளைகுடா (vaḷaikuṭā) — geography
- Tatar: култык (qultıq) — geography
- Tatar: упкын (upqın) — geography
- Thai: อ่าว (àao) — geography
- Turkish: körfez — geography
- Ottoman Turkish: كورفز (körfez) — geography
- Turkmen: aýlag — geography
- Ukrainian: зато́ка (zatóka) — geography
- Ukrainian: зали́в (zalýv) — geography
- Urdu: خَلِیج (xalīj) — geography
- Urdu: کھاڑِی (khāṛī) — geography
- Uyghur: قولتۇق (qoltuq) — geography
- Uzbek: koʻrfaz — geography
- Uzbek: qoʻltiq — geography
- Vietnamese: vịnh — geography
- Volapük: lebug — geography
- Welsh: gwlff — geography
- Yiddish: אײַנגאָס (ayngos) — geography
- Zazaki: ğalic — geography
- Zazaki: zag — geography
- Bulgarian: пропаст (propast) — abyss, chasm
- Bulgarian: бездна (bezdna) — abyss, chasm
- Esperanto: abismo — abyss, chasm
- Ancient Greek: χάσμα (khásma) — abyss, chasm
- Indonesian: jurang — abyss, chasm
- Macedonian: бе́здна (bézdna) — abyss, chasm
- Macedonian: прова́лија (proválija) — abyss, chasm
- Polish: rozbrat — large difference between groups
- Polish: rozłam — large difference between groups