Noun
we dipped our feet in the warm waters of the gulf
the gulf of understanding between the two men was too wide for them to ever get along Verb
with the administration gulfed by so many real problems, it's absurd for the president to concern himself with this nonissue
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The dunes will be built from sand and sediment that will be dredged from the gulf or local ship channels.—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024 But recent flashpoint films from Get Out to The Green Book create a gulf between countrymen, exacerbating our superficial differences.—Armond White, National Review, 19 June 2024
Verb
So many gulfs separate us now: geographical, anatomical, psychological.—Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018 See all Example Sentences for gulf
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
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
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