Meaning of "gulf" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GULF

From Old French golfe, from Italian golfo, from Greek kolpos.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GULF

gulf  [ɡʌlf]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GULF

Gulf is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gulf in English.

WHAT DOES GULF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gulf

Gulf may refer to: ▪ Gulf, a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea ▪ Gulf, a 1949 novella by Robert A. Heinlein...

Definition of gulf in the English dictionary

The first definition of gulf in the dictionary is a large deep bay. Other definition of gulf is a deep chasm. Gulf is also something that divides or separates, such as a lack of understanding.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GULF

PRESENT

Present

I gulf

you gulf

he/she/it gulfs

we gulf

you gulf

they gulf

Present continuous

I am gulfing

you are gulfing

he/she/it is gulfing

we are gulfing

you are gulfing

they are gulfing

Present perfect

I have gulfed

you have gulfed

he/she/it has gulfed

we have gulfed

you have gulfed

they have gulfed

Present perfect continuous

I have been gulfing

you have been gulfing

he/she/it has been gulfing

we have been gulfing

you have been gulfing

they have been gulfing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I gulfed

you gulfed

he/she/it gulfed

we gulfed

you gulfed

they gulfed

Past continuous

I was gulfing

you were gulfing

he/she/it was gulfing

we were gulfing

you were gulfing

they were gulfing

Past perfect

I had gulfed

you had gulfed

he/she/it had gulfed

we had gulfed

you had gulfed

they had gulfed

Past perfect continuous

I had been gulfing

you had been gulfing

he/she/it had been gulfing

we had been gulfing

you had been gulfing

they had been gulfing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will gulf

you will gulf

he/she/it will gulf

we will gulf

you will gulf

they will gulf

Future continuous

I will be gulfing

you will be gulfing

he/she/it will be gulfing

we will be gulfing

you will be gulfing

they will be gulfing

Future perfect

I will have gulfed

you will have gulfed

he/she/it will have gulfed

we will have gulfed

you will have gulfed

they will have gulfed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been gulfing

you will have been gulfing

he/she/it will have been gulfing

we will have been gulfing

you will have been gulfing

they will have been gulfing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would gulf

you would gulf

he/she/it would gulf

we would gulf

you would gulf

they would gulf

Conditional continuous

I would be gulfing

you would be gulfing

he/she/it would be gulfing

we would be gulfing

you would be gulfing

they would be gulfing

Conditional perfect

I would have gulf

you would have gulf

he/she/it would have gulf

we would have gulf

you would have gulf

they would have gulf

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been gulfing

you would have been gulfing

he/she/it would have been gulfing

we would have been gulfing

you would have been gulfing

they would have been gulfing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you gulf
we let´s gulf
you gulf

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to gulf

Past participle

gulfed

Present Participle

gulfing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GULF»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gulf» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of gulf

abyss · bay · bight · breach · chasm · cleft · gap · opening · rent · rift · separation · split · void

TRANSLATION OF GULF

Find out the translation of gulf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gulf from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gulf» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 巨大的差距
• Translator English - Spanish: abismo
• English: gulf
• Translator English - Hindi: खाड़ी
• Translator English - Arabic: الخليج
• Translator English - Russian: пропасть
• Translator English - Portuguese: abismo
• Translator English - Bengali: উপসাগর
• Translator English - French: fossé
• Translator English - Malay: Jurang
• Translator English - German: Kluft
• Translator English - Japanese: 隔たり
• Translator English - Korean: 큰 간격
• Translator English - Javanese: Jurang
• Translator English - Vietnamese: vịnh
• Translator English - Tamil: வளைகுடா
• Translator English - Marathi: गरुड
• Translator English - Turkish: körfez
• Translator English - Italian: frattura
• Translator English - Polish: przepaść
• Translator English - Ukrainian: прірву
• Translator English - Romanian: golf
• Translator English - Greek: κόλπο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Golf
• Translator English - Swedish: klyfta
• Translator English - Norwegian: gulf

10 QUOTES WITH «GULF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gulf.

1

John Breaux

My home was 25 miles from the gulf, and I did not want to see it become a shorefront property.

2

Steve Buyer

I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources.

3

Patrick Campbell

There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.

4

Dennis Cardoza

I know that my Republican colleagues are as ashamed as I am that the United States is forced to borrow over $1 trillion from foreign nations to pay for our national priorities like reconstruction of the gulf coast and the war in Iraq.

5

Johnny Cash

How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.

6

Nick Clooney

It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on the Iraq war and the view from our friends across the Atlantic.

7

Richard Eyre

There is in our society a gulf opening up, a kind of cultural apartheid, between those who are brought up to feel our national culture is theirs, to take ownership of it, and enjoy the privileges of that, and those who are completely disfranchised, those - for example - who will never be taken to the theatre to see Shakespeare.

8

Mark Foley

The gulf coast, we all know now, after Katrina, is responsible for 25 percent of U.S. production of natural gas. Following Katrina and Rita, almost 75 percent of the natural gas production in the gulf was shut down and not producing.

9

Mark Foley

A Congressional Budget Office study estimated that gulf energy infrastructure repair costs will be between $18 billion and $31 billion, just from the damages the hurricane created.

10

Gary Frank

I don't think anyone who has been to Africa comes away untouched by the place. You see a lot of beauty and optimism, but you also come away with an awareness of the huge gulf between what most of us have and what most of them have to make do with. Then, every now and then, a famine or a war makes everything a hundred times worse.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GULF»

Discover the use of gulf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gulf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Gulf War Did Not Take Place

The hypothesis of this book is that the deterrence of war in the traditional sense has been internalized and turned back upon the Western powers, producing a form of self-deterrence which renders them incapable of realizing their own power ...

Jean Baudrillard, 1995

Blowout in the Gulf: The BP Oil Spill Disaster and the ...

Explains both the disaster and the decisions that led up to it and argues that for the future the emphasis needs to be on prevention and that risk-management policies be based on better understandings of humans and hardware.

William R. Freudenburg, Robert Gramling, 2011

Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity

Presenting a comprehensive summary of knowledge of Gulf biota through 2004, the book includes seventy-seven chapters, which list more than fifteen thousand species in thirty-eight phyla or divisions and were written by 138 authors from ...

Darryl L. Felder, 2009

Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War

Integrating interviews with individuals ranging from senior policymakers to frontline soldiers, a look at the Persian Gulf War shows how the conflict transformed modern warfare

Rick Atkinson, 1994

Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf

This new edition of Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf has been revised and updated to make learning this variety of Arabic easier and more enjoyable than ever before Specially written by an expert for self-study and classroom use, the course ...

Professor Clive Holes, 2013

Oil and Politics in the Gulf: Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait ...

This updated edition includes a discussion of the Gulf War and its aftermath.

Jill Crystal, 1995

The Gulf War 1991

Krigshistorie. Golfkrigen 1991. Iraks invasion af Kuwait. Beskrivelse af Golfkrigen, som USA sammen med en række andre stater førte mod Irak. Beskrivelsen omfatter såvel den politiske baggrund for krigen som de militære begivenheder.

Alastair Finlan, 2003

Blackland Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain: Nature, ...

Taking a holistic approach, this compilation gathers ecological, historical, and archaeological research written on the distinctive region of the Southeast called the Gulf coast blackland prairie.

Evan Peacock, Timothy Schauwecker, 2003

The Persian Gulf

This volume records the history of the Persian Gulf from the very earliest records until the 1920s.

Arnold Wilson, 2011

The House on the Gulf

So whose house are they staying in, and why has Bran brought them there? With unexpected twists and turns, award winner Margaret Peterson Haddix has again crafted a thriller that will grip readers until its stunning conclusion.

Margaret Peterson Haddix, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GULF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gulf is used in the context of the following news items.

Child rescued from hot car at Gulf Breeze Walmart

A bystander found a child in a hot, locked car Saturday at the Gulf Breeze Walmart, called police and then immediately broke the window to ... «Pensacola News Journal, Jul 15»

Gulf Spill Settlement Good, But Needs Fine-Tuning

Most importantly, the deal would fund an unprecedented environmental recovery program for the Gulf, and help bring closure to one of the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

T5 Oil and Gas still has an interest in Gulf Keystone

Irish-managed exploration investment firm T5 Oil and Gas is believed to be still talking to UK explorer Gulf Keystone regarding a potential ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»

Hauraki Gulf marine protection plans to move forward

The Waiheke Local Board will be moving forward in its bid to create greater marine protection in the Hauraki Gulf but there will be no rash ... «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

Shark studies in Gulf important for understanding ecosystem

Tagging large mako sharks out in the Gulf of Mexico is pretty exciting to watch but, it's just the tip of what the center does. “We spend a lot of time studying tiger ... «KRIS Corpus Christi News, Jul 15»

Gulf Coast Dermatology Changes Names

PANAMA CITY-- Gulf Coast Dermatology now has a new name to reflect its growth over the past nine years. At first, there was one location with ... «WJHG-TV, Jul 15»

Al Ain good enough to defend Arabian Gulf League title despite …

ABU DHABI // Zlatko Dalic says Al Ain's new foreign players can help the club successfully defend their Arabian Gulf League title next season. «The National, Jul 15»

Do you know your Gulf Islands? Here's help memorizing 14 (of 200)

I am embarrassed to admit this, but I don't know my Gulf Islands. I can name and roughly place the 13 municipalities that make up Greater ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»

Fire engulfs boats at Dubai Creek

Maj Gen Rashid Thani Al Matroushi, Director of Dubai Civil Defence, told Gulf News that a fire broke out on wooden dhows and spread to the ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»

Gulf winds mean extra humidity for Tampa area

Winds coming off the Gulf of Mexico will fuel the sticky conditions, according to the National Weather Service. Highs will reach the low-90s, with ... «TBO.com, Jul 15»