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Antonyms for gulf

Grammar : Noun
Spell : guhlf
Phonetic Transcription : gÊŒlf

Definition of gulf

Origin :
  • late 14c., "profound depth;" geographic sense is c.1400; from Old French golf "a gulf, whirlpool," from Italian golfo "a gulf, a bay," from Late Latin colfos, from Greek kolpos "bay, gulf," earlier "trough between waves, fold of a garment," originally "bosom," the common notion being "curved shape," from PIE *kwelp- "to arch, to vault" (cf. Old English hwealf, a-hwielfan "to overwhelm"). Latin sinus underwent the same development, being used first for "bosom," later for "gulf." Replaced Old English sæ-earm. Figurative sense of "a wide interval" is from 1550s. The Gulf Stream (1775) takes its name from the Gulf of Mexico.
  • noun sea inlet
  • noun deep, gaping hole
Example sentences :
  • Settlements have been established on the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • The gulf which separates parents and children is one which the parents must cross.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • As a matter of fact, we dig a gulf between the material and the spiritual which does not exist.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • She passed listlessly out, and down the path toward the gulf.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • For her sake—for your Fanny's sake—pause, like me, before the gulf swallow us.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Of a sudden she realized how wide had become the gulf between them now.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • We can't be more than two or three hundred miles from the Gulf.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Note: This legend comes from Dschungschong, west of the gulf of Kiautschou.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Thee has made the gulf between us so wide that it cannot be crossed.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • Do you know what trying to bridge such a gulf as this is like?
  • Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for gulf

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