engulf

English

Etymology

en- +‎ gulf

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌlf

Verb

engulf (third-person singular simple present engulfs, present participle engulfing, simple past and past participle engulfed)

1. (transitive) To overwhelm.

   Desperation engulfed her after her daughter's death.

2. (transitive) To surround; to cover.

   Only Noah survived when the Flood engulfed earth.

Translations

overwhelm

• Bulgarian: обхващам (bg) (obhvaštam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吞沒 (cmn), 吞没 (cmn) (tūnmò)

• Dutch: overweldigen (nl)

• Finnish: vallata (fi)
• Italian: sopraffare (it), travolgere (it)
• Russian: охватывать (ru) (oxvátyvatʹ)

surround; cover

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: поглъщам (bg) (poglǎštam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淹沒 (cmn), 淹没 (cmn) (yānmò)

• Dutch: bedekken (nl),omringen (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: peittää; (figuratively) nielaista
• French: engloutir (fr), engouffrer (fr)

• German: verschlingen (de)
• Italian: sommergere (it), circondare (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: поглощать (ru) (pogloščátʹ), засыпать (ru) (zasypátʹ) (with loose material or figurative), заливать (ru) (zalivátʹ) (water)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kaplamak (tr)