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],
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"ref": "1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Sea Dreams”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 100:",
"text": "[T]here is no such mine, / None; but a gulf of ruin, swallowing gold, not making.",
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}
],
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"That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy."
],
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[
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"eddy"
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"English terms with usage examples",
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Gulf of Mexico the Persian Gulf",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea"
],
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[
"geography",
"geography"
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[
"landlocked",
"landlocked"
]
],
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"(geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea"
],
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"geography",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Mining"
],
"glosses": [
"A large deposit of ore in a lode."
],
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[
"mining",
"mining#Noun"
],
[
"ore",
"ore"
],
[
"lode",
"lode"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mining) A large deposit of ore in a lode."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"mining"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 16:26:",
"text": "Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
"text": "`Behold now, let the Dead and Living meet! Across the gulf of Time they still are one.'",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A wide interval or gap; a separating space."
],
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"(figurative) A wide interval or gap; a separating space."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2018 May 17, “Corbynomics would change Britain—but not in the way most people think”, in The Economist:",
"text": "Piecing together Corbynomics is difficult, not least because it has evolved during Mr Corbyn’s time in charge of Labour. The gulf between the Labour leadership’s past positions and the milder proposals in the manifesto means that enormous uncertainty hangs over what a Corbyn-led government would do in office.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 4, Fiona Harvey, “UN chief warns ‘we will be doomed’ without historic climate pact”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "Rich countries must sign a “historic pact” with the poor on the climate, or “we will be doomed”, the UN secretary-general, António Guterres, has warned, as a deepening gulf between the developed and developing world has put climate talks on the brink.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2023 August 7, Nesrine Malik, “British people are kinder and less divided than politicians give us credit for”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "The result is a widening gulf between people’s reality and what they are relentlessly told they actually believe in and care about.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A difference, especially a large difference, between groups."
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"(figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups."
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"figuratively"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"Oxford University slang",
"en:Universities"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1852, Charles Astor Bristed, Five Years in an English University, page 205:",
"text": "Some ten or fifteen men just on the line, not enough to be plucked or good enough to be placed, are put into the \"gulf,\" as it is popularly called (the Examiners' phrase is \"Degrees allowed\"), and have their degrees given to them but are not printed in the calendar, nor were they at this time allowed to try for the Classical Tripos.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed."
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[
"slang",
"slang"
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[
"bottom",
"bottom"
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[
"list",
"list"
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],
"qualifier": "Oxbridge slang",
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]
}
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"enpr": "gŭlf"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡʌlf/"
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ɡɒlf/",
"note": "gulf-golf merger"
},
{
"homophone": "golf (gulf-golf merger)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌlf"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒlf"
}
],
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{
"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": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "khāṛī",
"sense": "geography",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "کھاڑِی"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "qoltuq",
"sense": "geography",
"word": "قولتۇق"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "geography",
"word": "koʻrfaz"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "geography",
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"ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto X:",
"text": "[…] if with thee the roaring wells\nShould gulf him fathom-deep in brine;\nAnd hands so often clasp’d in mine,\nShould toss with tangle and with shells.",
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"ref": "1863, Henry Kingsley, Austin Elliot, page 123:",
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"ref": "1876, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, The life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, volume 1, page 83:",
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