Gulf
21gulf — [[t]gʌ̱lf[/t]] gulfs 1) N COUNT: oft N between pl n A gulf is an important or significant difference between two people, things, or groups. Within society, there is a growing gulf between rich and poor. ...the gulf between rural and urban life.… …
22gulf — /gʌlf / (say gulf) noun 1. a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land. 2. a deep hollow; chasm or abyss. 3. any wide separation, as in social class, education, etc.: *It was over Baby Julia that the gulf between Major and Captain first… …
23gulf — n. & v. n. 1 a stretch of sea consisting of a deep inlet with a narrow mouth. 2 (the Gulf) the Persian Gulf. 3 a deep hollow; a chasm or abyss. 4 a wide difference of feelings, opinion, etc. v.tr. engulf; swallow up. Phrases and idioms: Gulf… …
24Gulf — (Roget s Thesaurus) Lake. < N PARAG:Gulf >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 land covered with water land covered with water gulf gulph bay inlet bight estuary arm of the sea bayou =>(U.S.) fiord armlet Sgm: N 1 frit …
25gulf — noun 1) our ship sailed into the gulf Syn: inlet, bay, bight, cove, fjord, estuary, sound 2) the ice gave way and a gulf widened slowly Syn: hole, crevasse, fissure, cleft, split …
26gulf — en·gulf; en·gulf·ment; gulf; …
27gulf — n. heroin from the Persian Gulf region. (Drugs.) □ This gulf is flooding the country. D Those pushers can call anything gulf. How does anybody know where it’s from? …
28gulf — I. noun Etymology: Middle English goulf, from Middle French golfe, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colpus, from Greek kolpos bosom, gulf; akin to Old English hwealf vault, Old High German walbo Date: 15th century 1. a part of an ocean or sea… …
29gulf — noun 1) our ship sailed into the gulf Syn: bay, inlet, cove, bight, fjord, estuary, sound; Scottish firth 2) a gulf between rich and poor Syn: gap, divide, separation, differ …
30gulf — [gʌlf] noun [C] 1) a large and important difference between people or groups Syn: chasm trying to close the widening gulf between the rich and the poor[/ex] 2) a large area of sea that is almost surrounded by land the Persian Gulf[/ex] …
