simple past tense and past participle of gulf

A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. / (obsolete) That which swallows; the gullet. / That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.

(Oxbridge slang, transitive) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.

plural of gulf

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gulf

The Persian Gulf, or the region surrounding it.

present participle of gulf

Persian Gulf, the body of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. / (obsolete or archaic) Red Sea, the body of water between Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula.

The Persian Gulf, a gulf between Iran (“Persia”) and the Arabian Peninsula.

The warm ocean current issuing from the Gulf of Mexico, flowing northeastwards along the coast of North America to the Grand Banks where it breaks eastwards across the Atlantic Ocean and helps to maintain warm temperatures along the western coasts of the British Isles.