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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
[1913 Webster]
It quite engulfs all human thought. --Young.
Syn: See Absorb.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
It quite engulfs all human thought. --Young.
Syn: See Absorb.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
engulfed
adj 1: rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or
profusion of something; "a desk flooded with
applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much
overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear";
"swamped by work" [syn: flooded, inundated, overcome,
overpowered, overwhelmed, swamped]
2: completely enclosed or swallowed up; "a house engulfed in
flames"; "the fog-enveloped cliffs"; "a view swallowed by
night" [syn: enveloped, swallowed]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
engulfed
vb.
(infl of en engulf ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
engulfed
vb.
(infl of en engulf ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
engulfed
vb.
(infl of en engulf ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
engulfed
vb.
(infl of en engulf ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
engulfed
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm e ngulf ed)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
engulfed
Engelska a.
(avledning en engulf ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb engulf)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Engulfed /ɛŋɡˈʌlft/ مبتلعFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
engulfed /ɛŋɡˈʌlft/
aufgefressen
"The sinner states will soon be engulfed by their banks' debts." - Die schlecht wirtschaftenden Staaten werden von den Schulden ihrer Banken bald aufgefressen werden.
see: engulf sb., engulfing, A feeling of anguish threatened to engulf her.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
engulfed /ɛŋɡˈʌlft/
verschlungen
"After heavy rains the river rose and engulfed the houses on the bank." - Nach heftigen Regenfällen stieg der Fluss an und verschlang die Häuser am Ufer.
"The city will soon have engulfed the suburbs." - Die Stadt wird die Vororte bald geschluckt haben.
see: engulf sb./sth., engulfing, engulfs, engulfed
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
engulfed /ɛŋɡˈʌlft/
verschlang
"After heavy rains the river rose and engulfed the houses on the bank." - Nach heftigen Regenfällen stieg der Fluss an und verschlang die Häuser am Ufer.
"The city will soon have engulfed the suburbs." - Die Stadt wird die Vororte bald geschluckt haben.
see: engulf sb./sth., engulfing, engulfed, engulfs
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ɪnˈɡəɫft/
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "engulfed":
afloat, at flood, awash, bathed, buried, deluged, dipped, drenched,
dribbling, dripping, dripping wet, drowned, flooded, immersed,
in spate, inflood, inundated, macerated, oozing, overflowed,
overwhelmed, permeated, saturated, seeping, soaked, soaking,
soaking wet, soaky, sodden, soggy, sopping, sopping wet, soppy,
soused, steeped, subaqueous, submarine, submerged, submersed,
sunken, swamped, swept, undersea, underwater, washed, water-washed,
waterlogged, watersoaked, weeping, weltering, whelmed,
wringing wet