GULF
\ɡˈʌlf], \ɡˈʌlf], \ɡ_ˈʌ_l_f]\
Definitions of GULF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,
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That which swallows; the gullet.
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That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
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A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.
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A large deposit of ore in a lode.
By Oddity Software
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A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,
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That which swallows; the gullet.
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That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
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A large deposit of ore in a lode.
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A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the of Mexico.
By Noah Webster.
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An arm of the sea extending into the land, larger in size than a bay; a deep place in the earth; an abyss; whirlpool; an impassable chasm.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A hollow or indentation in the sea-coast: a deep place in the earth: an abyss; a deep place in the earth: an abyss: a whirlpool: anything insatiable.
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To engulf: to absorb or swallow up, as in a gulf. "Gulfed with Proserpine and Tantalus."-Swinburne.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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