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gulfing

gulfing is the present participle and gerund of gulf.

Meaning of gulf

Verb

gulf (third-person singular simple present gulfs, present participle gulfing, simple past and past participle gulfed)

  1. (transitive) To engulf.
    • […] if with thee the roaring wells
      ⁠Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine;
      ⁠And hands so often clasp’d in mine,
      Should toss with tangle and with shells.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto X”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive, Oxbridge slang) To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.
    • The mention of gulfed and plucked men brings me back to myself.1852, Charles Astor Bristed, Five Years in an English University, pages 228–229

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Questions about gulfing

What is gulfing the present participle and gerund of?
Gulfing is the present participle and gerund of gulf.

Words near gulfing in the dictionary

  1. Gulf War syndrome
  2. gulfe
  3. gulfed
  4. gulfes
  5. Gulfian
  6. gulfing
  7. Gulfisation
  8. gulfization
  9. gulflike
  10. Gulfport
  11. gulfs

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