engulfv.

Brit.

/ᵻnˈɡʌlf/,

/ɛnˈɡʌlf/,

/ᵻŋˈɡʌlf/,

/ɛŋˈɡʌlf/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈɡəlf/,

/ɛnˈɡəlf/

Forms: Also 1500s–1800s ingulf, engulph, ingulph.

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + gulf n.; compare French engouffrer, earlier engoulfer (which may be the source).

I. Senses relating to swallowing up.

a. transitive. To swallow up in a gulf, abyss, or whirlpool; to plunge into a gulf; to plunge deeply and inextricably into a surrounding medium. Also reflexive and intransitive for reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > swallow up

swallowc1175

to swallow up1526

devour1555

engulf1555

abyss1596

involve1605

flapdragona1616

to suck upa1616

ingurgitatea1620

absorbeate1623

exorbeate1623

entomba1631

gulf1807

begulf1809

α.

1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 231^v They were ingulfed by chance in the great sea.

1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David clxii. (R.) In destruction's river Engulph and swallow those Whose hate, etc.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xv. xxiv. 271 Now deepe engulphed in the mightie flood They saw not Gades.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 425 A city..having formerly been engulphed by an earthquake.

1831 T. Carlyle Let. 8 May in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1976) V. 272 Not upon the quicksand, where resting will but engulph you deeper.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 235 In that dangerous passage the careless traveller might easily be engulfed.

β. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 34/1 Her [Earth's] Surface shakes..Towns them ingulf..Now nought remaineth but a Waste of Sand.a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 29 They expire, Ingulfing in infernal Fire.1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 135 Another in the treach'rous Bog Lies flound'ring, half ingulph'd.1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 26 A cavern there..Ingulphed the rushing sea.a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1855) x. 323 Shelley was overtaken by a Mediterranean thunder-storm, and ingulfed in the deep waters.

b. reflexive and in passive. Of a river: To discharge itself into, be lost in, the sea; also, to disappear underground.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [verb (reflexive)] > disembogue

empty1553

shed1555

unburden1578

disburden1600

discharge1600

void1600

dischannel1607

disgorge1607

disengorge1610

enwave1628

expose1632

engulf1634

degorge1635

exhaust1833

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 43 Made by the Riuer Indus, which their ingulfes herselfe into the Indian Seas.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 225 A River..through the shaggie hill Pass'd underneath ingulft .

1776 W. Mason Eng. Garden ii. 31 That hallow'd spring; thence, in the porous earth Long while ingulph'd.

1821 S. E. Brydges Lett. from Continent 12 [The Rhone] makes itself a passage among the rocks at the extremity of Mount Jura, ingulphs itself for some time, etc.

2. transferred (chiefly humorous). To swallow up like an abyss; to bury completely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously

forswallowOE

gulch?c1225

afretea1350

moucha1350

glop1362

gloup1362

forglut1393

worrya1400

globbec1400

forsling1481

slonk1481

franch1519

gull1530

to eat up1535

to swallow up1535

engorge1541

gulp1542

ramp1542

slosh1548

raven1557

slop1575

yolp1579

devour1586

to throw oneself on1592

paunch1599

tire1599

glut1600

batten1604

frample1606

gobbet1607

to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616

to make a (also one's) meal of1622

gorge1631

demolish1639

gourmanda1657

guttle1685

to gawp up1728

nyam1790

gamp1805

slummock1808

annihilate1815

gollop1823

punish1825

engulf1829

hog1836

scoff1846

brosier1850

to pack away1855

wolf1861

locust1868

wallop1892

guts1934

murder1935

woof1943

pelicana1953

pig1979

1829 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 256 The autumnal glutton who engulphs their [sc. oysters] gentle substances within his own.

1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 58 Shirt gills which absolutely ingulfed his black visage.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 182/2 To procure these insignificant morsels, he engulfs a whole shoal of them at once in his capacious jaws.

3. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.) > misery, God, death, etc. (of a person)

devoura1340

gravea1340

consumec1425

whelm1553

engulf1597

combust1619

α.

a1627 J. Hayward Right of Succession (1683) 153 Upon every giddy and brainless warrant to engulph our selves.

1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. 264 That holy Soul went wholly immersed and engulfed in God.

1877 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 3) iii. 62 The power which mere sensual pleasure has of engulphing us in the vulgar sensation of life.

β. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Pref. To leaue that unbrought to an end, in the which I was so farre ingulfed.1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 57 Into what importable head-tearings and heart-searchings you will be ingulfed.1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 816 London ingulphs them all. The shark is there And the shark's prey.1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 126 O Death, thou ever roaming shark, Ingulf me in eternal dark!

†II. Senses relating to dividing into gulfs.

4. To cut into gulfs or bays. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [verb (transitive)] > make gulf, bay, or recess

indent1555

engulf1632

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 496 Because of the Sea ingulfing the Land, and cutting it in so many Angles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	engulf
释义	engulfv. Brit. /ᵻnˈɡʌlf/, /ɛnˈɡʌlf/, /ᵻŋˈɡʌlf/, /ɛŋˈɡʌlf/, U.S. /ᵻnˈɡəlf/, /ɛnˈɡəlf/ Forms: Also 1500s–1800s ingulf, engulph, ingulph. Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + gulf n.; compare French engouffrer, earlier engoulfer (which may be the source). I. Senses relating to swallowing up. 1. a. transitive. To swallow up in a gulf, abyss, or whirlpool; to plunge into a gulf; to plunge deeply and inextricably into a surrounding medium. Also reflexive and intransitive for reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > swallow up swallowc1175 to swallow up1526 devour1555 engulf1555 abyss1596 involve1605 flapdragona1616 to suck upa1616 ingurgitatea1620 absorbeate1623 exorbeate1623 entomba1631 gulf1807 begulf1809 α. 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 231^v They were ingulfed by chance in the great sea. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David clxii. (R.) In destruction's river Engulph and swallow those Whose hate, etc. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xv. xxiv. 271 Now deepe engulphed in the mightie flood They saw not Gades. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 425 A city..having formerly been engulphed by an earthquake. 1831 T. Carlyle Let. 8 May in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1976) V. 272 Not upon the quicksand, where resting will but engulph you deeper. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 235 In that dangerous passage the careless traveller might easily be engulfed. β. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 34/1 Her [Earth's] Surface shakes..Towns them ingulf..Now nought remaineth but a Waste of Sand.a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 29 They expire, Ingulfing in infernal Fire.1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 135 Another in the treach'rous Bog Lies flound'ring, half ingulph'd.1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 26 A cavern there..Ingulphed the rushing sea.a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1855) x. 323 Shelley was overtaken by a Mediterranean thunder-storm, and ingulfed in the deep waters. b. reflexive and in passive. Of a river: To discharge itself into, be lost in, the sea; also, to disappear underground. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [verb (reflexive)] > disembogue empty1553 shed1555 unburden1578 disburden1600 discharge1600 void1600 dischannel1607 disgorge1607 disengorge1610 enwave1628 expose1632 engulf1634 degorge1635 exhaust1833 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 43 Made by the Riuer Indus, which their ingulfes herselfe into the Indian Seas. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 225 A River..through the shaggie hill Pass'd underneath ingulft . View more context for this quotation 1776 W. Mason Eng. Garden ii. 31 That hallow'd spring; thence, in the porous earth Long while ingulph'd. 1821 S. E. Brydges Lett. from Continent 12 [The Rhone] makes itself a passage among the rocks at the extremity of Mount Jura, ingulphs itself for some time, etc. 2. transferred (chiefly humorous). To swallow up like an abyss; to bury completely. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously forswallowOE gulch?c1225 afretea1350 moucha1350 glop1362 gloup1362 forglut1393 worrya1400 globbec1400 forsling1481 slonk1481 franch1519 gull1530 to eat up1535 to swallow up1535 engorge1541 gulp1542 ramp1542 slosh1548 raven1557 slop1575 yolp1579 devour1586 to throw oneself on1592 paunch1599 tire1599 glut1600 batten1604 frample1606 gobbet1607 to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616 to make a (also one's) meal of1622 gorge1631 demolish1639 gourmanda1657 guttle1685 to gawp up1728 nyam1790 gamp1805 slummock1808 annihilate1815 gollop1823 punish1825 engulf1829 hog1836 scoff1846 brosier1850 to pack away1855 wolf1861 locust1868 wallop1892 guts1934 murder1935 woof1943 pelicana1953 pig1979 1829 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 256 The autumnal glutton who engulphs their [sc. oysters] gentle substances within his own. 1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 58 Shirt gills which absolutely ingulfed his black visage. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 182/2 To procure these insignificant morsels, he engulfs a whole shoal of them at once in his capacious jaws. 3. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.) > misery, God, death, etc. (of a person) devoura1340 gravea1340 consumec1425 whelm1553 engulf1597 combust1619 α. a1627 J. Hayward Right of Succession (1683) 153 Upon every giddy and brainless warrant to engulph our selves. 1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. 264 That holy Soul went wholly immersed and engulfed in God. 1877 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 3) iii. 62 The power which mere sensual pleasure has of engulphing us in the vulgar sensation of life. β. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Pref. To leaue that unbrought to an end, in the which I was so farre ingulfed.1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 57 Into what importable head-tearings and heart-searchings you will be ingulfed.1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 816 London ingulphs them all. The shark is there And the shark's prey.1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 126 O Death, thou ever roaming shark, Ingulf me in eternal dark! †II. Senses relating to dividing into gulfs. 4. To cut into gulfs or bays. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [verb (transitive)] > make gulf, bay, or recess indent1555 engulf1632 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 496 Because of the Sea ingulfing the Land, and cutting it in so many Angles. 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