Definition of gulf

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Gulf (n.) A large deposit of ore in a lode.

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Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf..
Gulfy :: Gulfy (a.) Full of whirlpools or gulfs.
Grouper :: Grouper (n.) One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidae, as the red grouper, or brown snapper (E. morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (E. nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico..
Voracious :: Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool..
Garookuh :: Garookuh (n.) A small fishing vessel met with in the Persian Gulf.
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow up, as in a gulf..
Creole :: Creole (n.) One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly..
Fiery :: Fiery (a.) Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
Goatfish :: Goatfish (n.) A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet..
Jurel :: "Jurel (n.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel..
Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Lepas :: Lepas (n.) Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle..
Engulf :: Engulf (v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
Voraginous :: Voraginous (a.) Pertaining to a gulf; full of gulfs; hence, devouring..
Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
Impassable :: Impassable (a.) Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf..
Bayou :: Bayou (n.) An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind..
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