engulfed

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.
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         It quite engulfs all human thought.      --Young.

   Syn: See {Absorb}.
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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