Gulf Stream

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noun

a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.

Gulf Stream system.

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Words nearby Gulf Stream

gulf, Gulf Cooperation Council, Gulf of Mexico, Gulfport, Gulf States, Gulf Stream, Gulf Stream system, Gulf War, Gulf War syndrome, gulfweed, gulgul

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How to use Gulf Stream in a sentence

But the people from Valley Stream had such a thick New York accent that was all around me.
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The outlets giving these pronouncements the most airtime are Arabic news stations in the Gulf.
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The marchers began to stream out of the park, where they walked West on 110th and then hung a right on 7th Avenue.
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Slow at first, then steadily, a stream of liquid drips off the incision.
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Two broad dormer windows looked out toward the Gulf, and as far across it as a man's eye might reach.
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Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.
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The very stream that went through it flowed sluggishly along, and as if it hadn't any particular object in life.
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This hurly-burly,” said he, drawing her into a quiet eddy of the stream, “is no place for the communion of two twin souls.
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He felt that all her force, like a strong and ardent stream, was flowing into the new channel which he had cut for her.
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British Dictionary definitions for Gulf Stream

Gulf Stream

noun

a relatively warm ocean current flowing northeastwards off the Atlantic coast of the US from the Gulf of Mexico

another name for North Atlantic Drift

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for Gulf Stream

Gulf Stream

A warm ocean current of the northern Atlantic Ocean off eastern North America. It flows northward and eastward from the Gulf of Mexico, eventually dividing into several branches. A major branch continues eastward to warm the coast and moderate the climate of northwest Europe.

Cultural definitions for Gulf Stream

Gulf Stream

A warm current that flows out of the Gulf of Mexico and northward through the Atlantic Ocean.