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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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

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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]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)