noun. A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, especially a long landlocked portion of sea opening through a strait.

noun. A deep, wide chasm; an abyss.

noun. A wide gap, as in understanding.

noun. Something, such as a whirlpool, that draws down or engulfs.

transitive verb. To engulf.

To swallow; engulf; cast down, as into a gulf.

In the University of Cambridge, to place in the gulf, or among those students who have barely escaped being plucked in their final examination.

To flow like the waters of a gulf.

noun. A large tract of water extending from the ocean or a sea into the land, following an indentation of the coastline: as, the Gulf of Mexico; the Gulf of Venice.

noun. An abyss; a chasm; a deep place in the earth: as, the gulf of Avernus.

noun. Something that engulfs or swallows, as the gullet, or a whirlpool; figuratively, misfortune.

noun. A wide interval, as in station, education, and the like: as, the gulf that separates the higher and lower classes.

noun. In Cambridge University, England, the place at the bottom of the list of passes where the names of those who have barely escaped being plucked in examination are written. These names are separated by a line from those of the students who have passed creditably.

noun. In mining, a large deposit of ore in a lode.

noun. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin

noun. That which swallows; the gullet.

noun. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

noun. A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea.

noun. A large deposit of ore in a lode.

noun. the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic.

noun. a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.

noun. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.

noun. That which swallows; the gullet.

noun. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

noun. A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico or Persian Gulf.

noun. A large deposit of ore in a lode.

noun. A difference, especially a large difference, between groups

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

noun. a deep wide chasm

noun. an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

"As for drilling the rig count in the gulf is already up."

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