gulfed
SayGULFT/ɡʌlft/
- 1Simple past and past participle of gulf.
Note
Two very different meanings share this past form, and both take an object. One is a shorter engulf, echoing the noun's whirlpool or chasm that swallows what falls in: smoke gulfed the street. The other belongs to degree-giving, where a student who only just scraped through is gulfed; there the passive tells the story from the student's side, and the awarding body stays offstage.
gulfed is a form of gulf
gulf, verb: To swallow up or close over something completely; to engulf. Full entry
- Spelling
- gulf → gulfed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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