engulf

4 definitions found

engulf - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ingulf \In*gulf"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingulfed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Ingulfing.] [Cf. Engulf.] [Written also engulf.]
     To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into
     a gulf. See Engulf.
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           A river large . . .
           Passed underneath ingulfed.              --Milton.
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  Engulf \En*gulf"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engulfed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Engulfing.] [Pref. en- + gulf: cf. OF. engolfer. Cf.
     Ingulf.]
     To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
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           It quite engulfs all human thought.      --Young.
  
     Syn: See Absorb.
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engulf - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  engulf
      v 1: devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his
           studies" [syn: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge,
           engross, absorb, soak up]
      2: flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him
         completely"

engulf - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "engulf":
     baptize, be prodigal with, bury, cascade, cataract, deluge, devour,
     dip, douse, drink, drown, duck, dunk, eat, engorge, flood,
     flood the market, gobble, gulp, gulp down, imbibe, immerge,
     immerse, ingest, ingurgitate, inundate, merge, overbrim, overdose,
     overequip, overflow, overfurnish, overlavish, overprovender,
     overprovide, overprovision, overrun, oversell, overstock,
     oversupply, overwhelm, plunge in water, pour out, pour over,
     run over, sink, slop, slosh, souse, spill, spill out, spill over,
     submerge, submerse, swallow, swamp, sweep, swill, swill down,
     whelm, wolf down