Gulf

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “He then surveyed / Hell and the gulf between.”

2. isim That which swallows; the gullet.

   “Witch's mummy, maw and gulf / Of the ravined salt sea shark,”

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

   “[T]here is no such mine, / None; but a gulf of ruin, swallowing gold, not making.”

4. isim A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea

   “the Gulf of Mexico”

5. isim A large deposit of ore in a lode.
6. isim A wide interval or gap; a separating space.

   “Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.”

7. isim A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

   “Only the gulf between them was widened still further by the Negro cops in the precinct, bad-mouthing among themselves about their fellow white cops unnecessarily throwing their authority around and singling out Sullivan as a prime example.”

8. isim The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.
9. fiil To engulf.

   “[…] if with thee the roaring wells ⁠Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; ⁠And hands so often clasp’d in mine, Should toss with tangle and with shells.”

10. fiil To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.

    “The mention of gulfed and plucked men brings me back to myself.”

11. özel isim The Persian Gulf, or the region surrounding it.

    “Gulf States”

12. özel isim The Gulf of Mexico, or the region surrounding it.

    “Gulf States”

13. özel isim An epoch constituting a subdivision of the Cretaceous.