gulf (or obsolete gulph) /gulf/

1. A large indentation in the coast
2. The area of sea or ocean enclosed by it
3. A deep place
4. An abyss
5. A whirlpool (archaic or poetic)
6. Anything insatiable, or too large to be bridged (figurative)
7. A wide separation, eg between opponents' viewpoints
8. (with cap and the) the Arabian or Persian Gulf, or (loosely) the region of and surrounding this, or the Gulf States
9. In Oxford and Cambridge examinations, the place of those candidates for honours who are allowed a pass without honours

To engulf

To flow like a gulf

(with cap) of or relating to the Gulf

gulfˈy adjective

Full of gulfs or whirlpools

Gulf States plural noun

The small Arab states, rich in oil, bordering the Arabian Gulf, ie Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

Gulf Stream noun

The warm ocean current which flows north from the Gulf of Mexico, eventually to merge into the North Atlantic Drift, having a warming influence on NW Europe

Gulf War syndrome noun

A nervous disorder suffered by servicemen who had served in the Gulf War of 1991, thought by some to be associated with their exposure to harmful chemicals

gulfˈweed noun

A large olive-brown seaweed (genus Sargassum) that floats unattached in great ‘meadows' at the branching of the Gulf Stream and elsewhere in tropical oceans

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