GULF

gulf, disconnect, disconnection

(noun) an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); “he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends”; “there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy”

gulf

(noun) a deep wide chasm

gulf

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

gulf (plural gulfs)

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

(obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet.

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

(geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea

(mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode.

(figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

(Oxbridge slang) The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.

Synonyms

• (difference): abyss

Verb

gulf (third-person singular simple present gulfs, present participle gulfing, simple past and past participle gulfed)

(Oxbridge slang, transitive) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.

Proper noun

Gulf

The Persian Gulf, or the region surrounding it.

opportunity to work in the Gulf

Source: Wiktionary

Gulf, n. Etym: [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. bosom, bay, gulf, LGr.

1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between. Milton. Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. Luke xvi. 26.

2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs.] Shak.

3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. Shak. A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. Tennyson.

4. (Geog.)

Definition: A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.

5. (Mining)

Definition: A large deposit of ore in a lode. Gulf Stream (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic.

Note: It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition