Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - engulf
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Engulf
engulf
~ v 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 changes completely (a war that engulfed the whole of Europe) 3 to completely surround or cover something (Thick white smoke engulfed the courtyard.) 4 be engulfed in flames if a building is engulfed in flames, the whole building is burning
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(engulfs, engulfing, engulfed) 1. If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way. A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed a block of flats... The flat is engulfed in flames. VERB: V n, V n 2. If a feeling or emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it. ...the pain that engulfed him... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
transitive verb Date: 1555 1. to flow over and enclose ; overwhelm the mounting seas threatened to ~ the island 2. to take in (food) by or as if by flowing over and enclosing • ~ment noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
v.tr. (also ingulf) 1 flow over and swamp; overwhelm. 2 swallow or plunge into a gulf. Derivatives engulfment n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. поглощать, засасывать (о пучине) the overflowing river has engulfed many small towns —- река вышла из берегов и затопила многие поселки 2. заваливать, засыпать engulfed by letters —- заваленный письмами he engulfed himself in his studies —- он с головой ушел в учебу ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) поглощать (in) The whole village was engulfed in the flood. 2) fig. заваливать, засыпать engulfed by letters - заваленный письмами Syn: see flood ...Англо-русский словарь
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