English-Thai Dictionary

Gulf Stream

N กระแสน้ำ อุ่น ใน มหาสมุทร แอตแลนติก  kra-sae-nam-un-nai-ma-ha-sa-mud-aed-laen-tik

 

gulf

N สิ่ง ที่ กลืน กิน  สิ่ง ที่ เขมือบ  sing-ti-kluen-kin

 

gulf

N อ่าว  bay sea inlet aol

 

gulf

N เหว ลึก  แอ่ง ลึก  abyss abysm depth huea-luk

 

gulf

VT กลืน  เขมือบ  swallow kluen

 

gulfweed

N วัชพืช ใน ทะเลช นิดหนึ่ง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GULF

n. 1. A recess in the ocean from the general line of the shore into the land, or a tract of water extending from the ocean or a sea into the land, between two points or promontories; a large bay; as the gulf of Mexico; the gulf of Venice; the gulf of Finland. A gulf and a bay differ only in extent. We apply bay to a large or small recess of the sea, as the bay of Biscay, the bay of Fundy; but gulf is applied only to a large extent of water.
2. An abyss; a deep place in the earth; as the gulf of Avernus.
3. A whirlpool; an absorbing eddy.
4. Any thing insatiable.

 

GULF-INDENTED

a.Indented with gulfs or bays.

 

GULFY

a.Full of whirlpools or gulfs; as a gulfy sea.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GULF

Gulf, n. Etym: [F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. bosom, bay, gulf, LGr.

 

1. A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between. Milton. Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. Luke xvi. 26.

 

2. That which swallows; the gullet. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

3. That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. Shak. A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. Tennyson.

 

4. (Geog.)

 

Defn: A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.

 

5. (Mining )

 

Defn: A large deposit of ore in a lode. Gulf Stream (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic.

 

Note: It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. -- Gulf weed (Bot. ), a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape ), having numerous berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.

 

GULFY

GULFY Gulf "y, a.

 

Defn: Full of whirlpools or gulfs. Chapman.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gulf

gulf |gəlf ɡəlf | ▶noun 1 a deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth. • ( the Gulf ) informal name for Persian Gulf. 2 a deep ravine, chasm, or abyss. 3 a large difference or division between two people or groups, or between viewpoints, concepts, or situations: a wide gulf between theory and practice. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French golfe, from Italian golfo, based on Greek kolpos ‘bosom, gulf. ’

 

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

Gulf In tra coast al Wa ter way a route that allows sheltered boat passage along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico between Key West in Florida and Brownsville in Texas.

 

Gulf of Aden,

Gulf of A den, Gulf of Boo thia, etc. see Aden, Gulf of; Boothia, Gulf of, etc.

 

Gulfport

Gulf port |ˈgəlfˌpôrt ˌɡəlfpɔrt | a city in southern Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico, west of Biloxi; pop. 70,055 (est. 2008 ).

 

Gulf States

Gulf States 1 the countries bordering on the Persian Gulf (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman ). 2 the US states that border on the Gulf of Mexico (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas ).

 

Gulf Stream

Gulf Stream |ˈɡəlf ˌstrim | a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico parallel with the US coast toward Newfoundland, Canada, and then continues across the Atlantic Ocean toward northwestern Europe as the North Atlantic Drift.

 

Gulf War

Gulf War 1 another name for Iran –Iraq War. 2 the war of January and February 1991 in which an international coalition of forces under the auspices of the United Nations forced the withdrawal of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which they had invaded and occupied in August 1990.

 

Gulf War syndrome

Gulf War syn drome ▶noun a medical condition affecting many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War, causing fatigue, chronic headaches, and skin and respiratory disorders. Its origin is uncertain, though it has been attributed to exposure to a combination of pesticides, vaccines, and other chemicals.

 

gulfweed

gulf weed |ˈgəlfˌwēd ˈɡəlfwid | ▶noun another term for sargassum.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gulf

gulf |gʌlf | ▶noun 1 a deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth. • ( the Gulf ) informal name for Persian Gulf. 2 a deep ravine, chasm, or abyss. 3 a large difference or division between two people or groups, or between viewpoints, concepts, or situations: the widening gulf between the rich and the poor. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French golfe, from Italian golfo, based on Greek kolpos ‘bosom, gulf ’.

 

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

Gulf In tra coast al Wa ter way a route that allows sheltered boat passage along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico between Key West in Florida and Brownsville in Texas.

 

Gulf of Aden,

Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Boothia, etc. see Aden, Gulf of; Boothia, Gulf of, etc.

 

Gulfport

Gulf port |ˈgəlfˌpôrt ˌɡəlfpɔrt | a city in southern Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico, west of Biloxi; pop. 70,055 (est. 2008 ).

 

Gulf States

Gulf States 1 the states bordering on the Persian Gulf (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman ). 2 the states of the US bordering on the Gulf of Mexico (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas ).

 

Gulf Stream

Gulf Stream a warm ocean current which flows from the Gulf of Mexico parallel with the American coast towards Newfoundland, continuing across the Atlantic Ocean towards NW Europe as the North Atlantic Drift.

 

Gulf War

Gulf War 1 another name for Iran –Iraq War. 2 the war of January and February 1991 in which an international coalition of forces assembled in Saudi Arabia under the auspices of the United Nations forced the withdrawal of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which they had invaded and occupied in August 1990.

 

Gulf War syndrome

Gulf War syn |drome ▶noun [ mass noun ] a medical condition affecting many veterans of the 1991 Gulf War, characterized by fatigue, chronic headaches, and skin and respiratory disorders. Its origin is uncertain, though it has been attributed to exposure to a combination of pesticides, vaccines, and other chemicals.

 

gulfweed

gulf |weed |ˈgʌlfwiːd | ▶noun another term for sargassum.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gulf

gulf noun 1 our ship sailed into the gulf: inlet, bay, bight, cove, fjord, estuary, sound. 2 the ice gave way and a gulf widened slowly: hole, crevasse, fissure, cleft, split, rift, pit, cavity, chasm, abyss, void; ravine, gorge, canyon, gully. 3 a growing gulf between rich and poor: divide, division, separation, gap, breach, rift, split, chasm, abyss; difference, contrast, polarity.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gulf

gulf noun 1 our ship sailed east into the gulf: inlet, creek, bight, fjord, estuary, sound, arm of the sea; bay, cove; Scottish firth, frith; in Orkney & Shetland voe; technical ria; rare fleet, armlet. 2 the ice gave way and a gulf widened slowly: opening, gap, fissure, cleft, split, rift, crevasse, hole, pit, cavity, chasm, abyss, void; ravine, gorge, canyon, gully. 3 there is a growing gulf between the rich and the poor: divergence, contrast, polarity, divide, division, separation, difference, wide area of difference; schism, breach, rift, split, severance, rupture, divorce; chasm, abyss, gap; rare scission.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gulf

gulf /ɡʌlf /〖語源は 「胸 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-s /C 1 湾 (!通例bayより大きい ) ; 〖the (Persian ) G- 〗ペルシャ湾 (岸諸国 )▸ the Gulf of Mexico メキシコ湾 2 «…の間の » 意見の食い違い, 対立, 溝 «between » ▸ bridge the huge gulf between men and women 男女間の大きな溝に橋渡しをする 3 (地表の )割れ目, 穴, 深淵 (chasm ); 渦巻き .動詞 他動詞 (割れ目などに )〈人 物など 〉を巻き込む .G -́ St à tes 〖the ～; 複数扱い 〗1 (米国の )メキシコ湾岸諸州 〘Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas 〙.2 ペルシャ湾岸諸国 〘Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emiratesなど 〙.G -́ Str è am 〖the ～〗メキシコ湾流 〘欧州付近まで流れる暖流 〙.G -̀ W á r 〖the ～〗湾岸戦争 〘1990 --91年; クウェートに侵攻したイラクを米国中心の多国籍軍が攻撃した 〙.G -̀ W à r (v è teran's ) s ý ndrome 湾岸戦争症候群 .～́ w è ed 〘植 〙ガルフウィード 〘ホンダワラに似た海草 〙.