ENGULF


Meaning of ENGULF in English

en ‧ gulf /ɪnˈɡʌlf/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]

1 . if an unpleasant feeling engulfs you, you feel it very strongly:

despair so great it threatened to engulf him

2 . to completely surround or cover something:

The building was engulfed in flames.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.