Definition of gulf

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Gulf (n.) 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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Abyss :: Abyss (n.) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit..
Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
Voracious :: Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool..
Adriatic :: Adriatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice..
Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..
Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs..
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico..
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf..
Voraginous :: Voraginous (a.) Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring..
Ingulfed :: Ingulfed (imp. & p. p.) of Ingul.
Engulfing :: Engulfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engul.
Sargassum :: Sargassum (n.) A genus of algae including the gulf weed.
Lepas :: Lepas (n.) Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle..
Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow up, as in a gulf..
Ingulfing :: Ingulfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ingul.
Gulfy :: Gulfy (a.) Full of whirlpools or gulfs.
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