gulf

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.

[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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noun

Something of immeasurable and vast extent: abysm, abyss, chasm, deep, depth (often used in plural). See high/low.

IN BRIEF: n. - An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); A deep wide chasm; An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land.

I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which lead to a dark gulf.

Tutor's tip: I like to play "golf" (a game using clubs to hit a ball) near the "gulf" (a waterway).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - havbugt, afgrund, golf, svælg, dyb kløft
v. tr. - opsluge, overvælde, oversvømme

Nederlands (Dutch)
kloof, afgrond, zeeboezem, groot verschil (van mening)

Français (French)
n. - (fig) fossé, (Géog) golfe
v. tr. - engouffrer, engloutir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kluft, Golf, Meerbusen, Abgrund
v. - verschlingen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γεωγρ.) κόλπος, βάραθρο, (μτφ.) (αγεφύρωτο) χάσμα
v. - καταπίνω, καταβροχθίζω, καταποντίζω

Italiano (Italian)
golfo, abisso, voragine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - golfo (m) (Geog.)
v. - tragar

Русский (Russian)
морской залив, бездна, пучина, поглощать

Español (Spanish)
n. - precipicio, sima, golfo, abismo, diferencia en educación, etc.
v. tr. - tragar, sumergir, hundir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - havsbukt, avgrund
v. - uppsluka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
海湾, 漩涡, 深渊, 吞没, 淹没

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 海灣, 漩渦, 深淵
v. tr. - 吞沒, 淹沒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 만, 깊은 바다, 장벽
v. tr. - 깊은 곳으로 빨아 들이다, 보통 학위를 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 湾, 深い穴, 越えられぬ溝, 大きな隔たり, 普通及第, 深淵
v. - 深みにのみ込む, 普通学位を授ける, 巻き込む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خليج, ثغرة واسعه (فعل) يغمر, يبتلع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפרץ עם פתח צר, תהום, פער‬
v. tr. - ‮בלע‬

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