"gulf" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡʌlf/, /ɡɒlf/ (note: gulf-golf merger) Audio: en-us-gulf.ogg [US] Forms: gulfs [plural]
enPR: gŭlf Rhymes: -ʌlf, -ɒlf Etymology: From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gulf}} Middle English gulf, {{m|enm|goulf}} goulf, {{m|enm|golf}} golf, {{der|en|fro|golf}} Old French golf, {{der|en|it|golfo}} Italian golfo, {{der|en|LL.|colfos}} Late Latin colfos, {{der|en|grc|κόλπος||bosom, gulf}} Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷelp-||to curve, arch}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gulf (plural gulfs)
  1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. Categories (place): Landforms Translations (abyss, chasm): χάσμα (khásma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), пропаст (propast) [feminine] (Bulgarian), бездна (bezdna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), abismo (Esperanto), jurang (Indonesian), бе́здна (bézdna) [feminine] (Macedonian), прова́лија (proválija) [feminine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-gulf-en-noun-Zpw8rLMg Disambiguation of Landforms: 23 6 18 18 12 3 5 8 4 4 Disambiguation of 'abyss, chasm': 74 3 1 5 4 7 4 1
  2. (obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-gulf-en-noun-jCBEEBeO
  3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. Categories (place): Bodies of water
    Sense id: en-gulf-en-noun-aqur6oeh Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 12 4 36 17 12 2 4 8 2 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 24 17 18 6 6 15 2 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 5 21 12 23 5 8 11 2 7
  4. (geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea Categories (topical): Geography Translations (geography): golf (Afrikaans), gji [masculine] (Albanian), κόλπος (kólpos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), خَلِيج (ḵalīj) [masculine] (Arabic), جون (gūn) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ծոց (cocʻ) (Armenian), ծովախորշ (covaxorš) (Armenian), ծովածոց (covacocʻ) (Armenian), golfu [masculine] (Asturian), körfəz (Azerbaijani), ҡултыҡ (qultıq) (Bashkir), залі́ў (zalíŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), зато́ка (zatóka) [feminine] (Belarusian), উপসাগর (upośagor) (Bengali), за́лив (záliv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကွေ့ (kwe.) (Burmese), golf [masculine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (wān) (Chinese Mandarin), 海灣 (Chinese Mandarin), 海湾 (hǎiwān) (Chinese Mandarin), āihtectli (Classical Nahuatl), záliv [masculine] (Czech), bugt [common-gender] (Danish), golf [common-gender] (Danish), خَلِیج (xalīj) (Dari), شَاخَاب (šāxāb) (Dari), golf [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), golfo (Esperanto), laht (Estonian), lahti (Finnish), golfe [masculine] (French), abra [feminine] (Galician), ყურე (q̇ure) (Georgian), უბე (ube) (Georgian), Golf [masculine] (German), Meerbusen [masculine] (German), Bucht [feminine] (German), κόλπος (kólpos) [masculine] (Greek), מִפְרָץ (mifráts) [masculine] (Hebrew), खाड़ी (khāṛī) [feminine] (Hindi), खलीज (khalīj) [masculine] (Hindi), ख़लीज (xalīj) [masculine] (Hindi), उपसागर (upsāgar) [masculine] (Hindi), öböl (Hungarian), flói [masculine] (Icelandic), gulfo (Ido), teluk (Indonesian), خَلیج (xalij) (Iranian Persian), شاخاب (šâxâb) (Iranian Persian), murascaill [feminine] (Irish), golfo [masculine] (Italian), (wan) (alt: わん) (Japanese), ಕಂದರ (kandara) (Kannada), шығанақ (şyğanaq) (Kazakh), ឈូងសមុទ្រ (chuung saʼmot) (Khmer), (man) (alt: ) (Korean), булуң (buluŋ) (Kyrgyz), ອ່າວ (ʼāo) (Lao), sinus [masculine] (Latin), līcis [masculine] (Latvian), įlanka [feminine] (Lithuanian), за́лив (záliv) [masculine] (Macedonian), teluk (Malay), whanga (Maori), далайн булан (dalajn bulan) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), kendav (Northern Kurdish), xelîc (Northern Kurdish), golf [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bukt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), golf [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bukt [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), byht [masculine] (Old English), كورفز (körfez) (Ottoman Turkish), خليج (xalij) [masculine] (Pashto), zatoka [feminine] (Polish), golfo [masculine] (Portuguese), golf [neuter] (Romanian), зали́в (zalív) [masculine] (Russian), bàgh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), за́лив [Bosnian, Cyrillic, Serbian] (Serbo-Croatian), за́љев [Croatian, Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), záliv [Bosnian, Roman, Serbian, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), záljev [Croatian, Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), záliv [masculine] (Slovak), zaliv [masculine] (Slovene), golfo [masculine] (Spanish), ghuba (Swahili), golf [common-gender] (Swedish), bukt [common-gender] (Swedish), golpo (Tagalog), халиҷ (xalij) (Tajik), வளைகுடா (vaḷaikuṭā) (Tamil), култык (qultıq) (Tatar), อ่าว (àao) (Thai), körfez (Turkish), aýlag (Turkmen), зато́ка (zatóka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), зали́в (zalýv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), خَلِیج (xalīj) [masculine] (Urdu), قولتۇق (qoltuq) (Uyghur), koʻrfaz (Uzbek), qoʻltiq (Uzbek), vịnh (Vietnamese), lebug (Volapük), gwlff [masculine] (Welsh), אײַנגאָס (ayngos) [masculine] (Yiddish), ğalic (Zazaki), zag (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-gulf-en-noun-zjHW3F75 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 5 21 12 23 5 8 11 2 7 Topics: geography, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'geography': 27 0 0 49 24 0 0 0
  5. (mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-gulf-en-noun-9aRUK6jm Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 5 21 12 23 5 8 11 2 7 Topics: business, mining
  6. (figurative) A wide interval or gap; a separating space. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-gulf-en-noun-rKc30tHm
  7. (figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups. Tags: figuratively Synonyms (difference): abyss, rift Translations (large difference between groups): rozbrat [masculine] (Polish), rozłam [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-gulf-en-noun--N1QH9tL Disambiguation of 'difference': 6 0 0 0 0 6 88 0 Disambiguation of 'large difference between groups': 3 4 3 3 10 3 73 2
  8. (Oxbridge slang) The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed. Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-gulf-en-noun-tW4yk9vd Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 5 21 12 23 5 8 11 2 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gulph [obsolete] Derived forms: engulf, Gulf Coast, Gulf County, Gulfport, Gulf Stream, Gulf War, gulfweed (english: Sargassum), gulfy, Newgulf

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɡʌlf/, /ɡɒlf/ (note: gulf-golf merger) Audio: en-us-gulf.ogg [US] Forms: gulfs [present, singular, third-person], gulfing [participle, present], gulfed [participle, past], gulfed [past]
enPR: gŭlf Rhymes: -ʌlf, -ɒlf Etymology: From Middle English gulf, goulf, golf, from Old French golf, from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), of obscure origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gulf}} Middle English gulf, {{m|enm|goulf}} goulf, {{m|enm|golf}} golf, {{der|en|fro|golf}} Old French golf, {{der|en|it|golfo}} Italian golfo, {{der|en|LL.|colfos}} Late Latin colfos, {{der|en|grc|κόλπος||bosom, gulf}} Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷelp-||to curve, arch}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gulf (third-person singular simple present gulfs, present participle gulfing, simple past and past participle gulfed)
  1. (transitive) To engulf. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-gulf-en-verb-Jzhqg0bz
  2. (Oxbridge slang, transitive) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-gulf-en-verb-mEkbKNFc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gulph [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "lang": "Bashkir",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌlf"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒlf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-gulf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/En-us-gulf.ogg/En-us-gulf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/En-us-gulf.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "gŭlf"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "difference",
      "word": "abyss"
    },
    {
      "sense": "difference",
      "word": "rift"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "gulph"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gji"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵalīj",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَلِيج"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "gūn",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جون"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cocʻ",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ծոց"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "covaxorš",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ծովախորշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "covacocʻ",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ծովածոց"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golfu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "körfəz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qultıq",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ҡултыҡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zalíŭ",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "залі́ў"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zatóka",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зато́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "upośagor",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "উপসাগর"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "záliv",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́лив"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kwe.",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ကွေ့"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "灣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wān",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "湾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "海灣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎiwān",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "海湾"
    },
    {
      "code": "nci",
      "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "āihtectli"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "záliv"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bugt"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "golfo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "laht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "lahti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇ure",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ყურე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ube",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "უბე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Meerbusen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kólpos",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κόλπος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kólpos",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κόλπος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mifráts",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מִפְרָץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "khāṛī",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "खाड़ी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "khalīj",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "खलीज"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "xalīj",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ख़लीज"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "upsāgar",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उपसागर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "öböl"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flói"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "gulfo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "teluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "murascaill"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golfo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "わん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wan",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "湾"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kandara",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ಕಂದರ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şyğanaq",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "шығанақ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "chuung saʼmot",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ឈូងសមុទ្រ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "灣",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "man",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "만"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "kendav"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "xelîc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "buluŋ",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "булуң"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼāo",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ອ່າວ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "līcis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "įlanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "záliv",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́лив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "teluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "whanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "dalajn bulan",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "далайн булан"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "byht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "körfez",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "كورفز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "xalij",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خليج"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "xalīj",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "خَلِیج"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "šāxāb",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "شَاخَاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "xalij",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "خَلیج"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "šâxâb",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "شاخاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zatoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golfo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zalív",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зали́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bàgh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnian",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Serbian"
      ],
      "word": "за́лив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "Croatian",
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́љев"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnian",
        "Roman",
        "Serbian",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "záliv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "Croatian",
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "záljev"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "záliv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zaliv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golfo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ghuba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "golpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xalij",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "халиҷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vaḷaikuṭā",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "வளைகுடா"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "qultıq",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "култык"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "àao",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "อ่าว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "körfez"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "aýlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zatóka",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зато́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zalýv",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зали́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xalīj",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَلِیج"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "qoltuq",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "قولتۇق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "koʻrfaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "qoʻltiq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "vịnh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "lebug"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwlff"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ayngos",
      "sense": "geography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אײַנגאָס"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "ğalic"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "geography",
      "word": "zag"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "propast",
      "sense": "abyss, chasm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пропаст"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezdna",
      "sense": "abyss, chasm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бездна"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "abyss, chasm",
      "word": "abismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khásma",
      "sense": "abyss, chasm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χάσμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "abyss, chasm",
      "word": "jurang"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bézdna",
      "sense": "abyss, chasm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бе́здна"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "proválija",
      "sense": "abyss, chasm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прова́лија"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large difference between groups",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozbrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large difference between groups",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozłam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gulf"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒlf",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒlf/1 syllable",
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    "en:Bodies of water",
    "en:Landforms"
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        "3": "gulf"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "goulf"
      },
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        "2": "golf"
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      "name": "m"
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "golf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French golf",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "golfo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian golfo",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "colfos"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin colfos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κόλπος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bosom, gulf"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷelp-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to curve, arch"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
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    {
      "form": "gulfs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gulfing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gulfed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "gulfed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To engulf."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engulf",
          "engulf"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To engulf."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cambridge University slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Oxford University slang",
        "en:Universities"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1852, Charles Astor Bristed, Five Years in an English University, pages 228–229",
          "text": "The mention of gulfed and plucked men brings me back to myself.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1863, Henry Kingsley, Austin Elliot, page 123",
          "text": "The good Professor scolded, predicted that they would all be either gulfed or ploughed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1876, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, The life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, volume 1, page 83",
          "text": "Everyone who knows the Senate House may anticipate the result. When the Tripos of 1822 made its appearance his name did not grace the list. In short, to use the expressive vocabulary of the university, Macaulay was gulfed:—a mishap which disabled him from contending for the Chancellor's medals, then the crowning trophies of a classical career.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently."
      ],
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          "slang",
          "slang"
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        [
          "award",
          "award"
        ],
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          "degree"
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        [
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          "pass"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Oxbridge slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Oxbridge slang, transitive) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡʌlf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɒlf/",
      "note": "gulf-golf merger"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "golf (gulf-golf merger)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌlf"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒlf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-gulf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/En-us-gulf.ogg/En-us-gulf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/En-us-gulf.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "gŭlf"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "gulph"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gulf"
}

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