engulf
21engulf — v. a. [Written also Ingulf.] Absorb, swallow up …
22engulf — verb (T) 1 if a feeling, especially an unpleasant one, engulfs you, you feel it extremely strongly: I knew I was very near death, and a terrifying panic engulfed me. 2 if a war/social change etc engulfs a place, it affects it so much that it… …
23engulf — verb waves engulfed the sand castles Syn: inundate, flood, deluge, immerse, swamp, swallow up, submerge; bury, envelop, overwhelm …
24engulf — v 1. swallow up, gulf, gulp, consume, engorge; submerge, whelm, submerse, sound; sink, send to the bottom, go down; inundate, flood, deluge, overwhelm; drown, swamp, entomb, bury. 2. plunge, dive, pitch, leap, fall headlong, jump; immerse, absorb …
25engulf — en·gulf …
26engulf — verb Syn: swamp, inundate, flood, deluge, immerse, swallow up, submerge, bury, envelop, overwhelm …
27engulf — [ɪnˈgʌlf] verb [T] 1) to cover something in a way that destroys it Within minutes, the car was engulfed in flames.[/ex] 2) to have a very strong effect on someone or something Feelings of panic engulfed them.[/ex] …
28engulf — en•gulf [[t]ɛnˈgʌlf[/t]] v. t. 1) to swallow up in or as if in a gulf; submerge: The stormy sea engulfed the ship[/ex] 2) to overwhelm or envelop completely: Grief engulfed him[/ex] • Etymology: 1545–55 en•gulf′ment, n …
29engulf — /ɛnˈgʌlf / (say en gulf), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) 1. to swallow up in or as in a gulf. 2. to plunge or immerse. –engulfment, noun …
30engulf — v.tr. (also ingulf) 1 flow over and swamp; overwhelm. 2 swallow or plunge into a gulf. Derivatives: engulfment n …
