English-Thai Dictionary

engulf

VT กลืน  ดูดกลืน  inundate submerge kluen

 

engulf

VT ปกคลุม  ท่วมท้น  overwhelm pok-kum

 

engulf in

PHRV ท่วม ไป ด้วย (ของเหลว  ปกคลุม ด้วย  tuam-pai-duai

 

engulfment

N การกลืน หรือ ดูด  การจุ่ม ให้ ท่วม หรือ ให้ ครอบคลุม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENGULF

v.t.To throw or to absorb in a gulf.

 

ENGULFED

pp. Absorbed in a whirlpool, or in a deep abyss or gulf.

 

ENGULFMENT

n.An absorption in a gulf, or deep cavern, or vortex.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENGULF

En *gulf ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engulfed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engulfing.]Etym: [Pref. en- + gulf: cf. OF. engolfer. Cf. Ingulf. ]

 

Defn: To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf. It quite engulfs all human thought. Young.

 

Syn. -- See Absorb.

 

ENGULFMENT

ENGULFMENT En *gulf "ment, n.

 

Defn: A swallowing up as if in a gulf. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

engulf

en gulf |enˈgəlf ɪnˈɡəlf | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (of a natural force ) sweep over (something ) so as to surround or cover it completely: the cafe was engulfed in flames | figurative : Europe might be engulfed by war. • eat or swallow (something ) whole. DERIVATIVES en gulf ment noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

engulf

en ¦gulf |ɪnˈgʌlf, ɛn- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (of a natural force ) sweep over (something ) so as to surround or cover it completely: the cafe was engulfed in flames | figurative : Europe might be engulfed by war. 2 powerfully affect (someone ); overwhelm: a feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him. DERIVATIVES engulfment noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (formerly also as ingulf ): from en- 1, in- 2 ‘in, on ’ + gulf .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

engulf

engulf verb waves engulfed the sand castles: inundate, flood, deluge, immerse, swamp, swallow up, submerge; bury, envelop, overwhelm.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

engulf

engulf verb their new home was engulfed by stinking brown flood water: inundate, flood, deluge, immerse, swamp, wash out, swallow up, submerge; bury, envelop, snow under, overtake, overwhelm, overrun.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

engulf

en gulf /ɪnɡʌ́lf /動詞 他動詞 1 〈不快感などが 〉〈人 〉を襲う .2 〈戦争 社会変化などが 〉〈場所 〉を完全に変える .3 «…で » 〈人 物 〉を飲み込む, 取り囲む, 覆う «in » .be eng ú lfed in A 1 A 〈火事 炎 煙など 〉に巻き込まれる, 包まれる .2 A 〈不快感など 〉に襲われる .