Engulf

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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