engulf (verb)
1engulf — ► VERB ▪ (of a natural force) sweep over so as to completely surround or cover. DERIVATIVES engulfment noun …
2engulf — I verb absorb, annihilate, bury, consume, deluge, destroy, devour, drown, entomb, exterminate, immerse, inundate, liquidate, overcome, overwhelm, submerge, submerse, swallow up II index immerse (plunge into), inundate, overcome ( …
3engulf — verb Engulf is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑fire, ↑flame, ↑scandal …
4engulf — verb a) To overwhelm. Desperation engulfed her after her daugthers death. b) To surround; to cover. Only Noah survived when the Flood engulfed earth …
5engulf — verb 1》 (of a natural force) sweep over so as to completely surround or cover. 2》 powerfully affect (someone); overwhelm. Derivatives engulfment noun …
6engulf — 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… …
7engulf — verb waves engulfed the sand castles Syn: inundate, flood, deluge, immerse, swamp, swallow up, submerge; bury, envelop, overwhelm …
8engulf — verb Syn: swamp, inundate, flood, deluge, immerse, swallow up, submerge, bury, envelop, overwhelm …
9engulf — UK [ɪnˈɡʌlf] / US verb [transitive] Word forms engulf : present tense I/you/we/they engulf he/she/it engulfs present participle engulfing past tense engulfed past participle engulfed 1) to cover or surround something in a way that harms or… …
10engulf — transitive verb Date: 1555 1. to flow over and enclose ; overwhelm < the mounting seas threatened to engulf the island > 2. to take in (food) by or as if by flowing over and enclosing • engulfment noun …
