transferred. To take into itself (physically); to cause to disappear in its interior or depths; to engulf. Also with down, in, up (see 10b).

to swallow up. transferred. To engulf completely; to cause to disappear utterly in its depths. Cf. 3.

Of water, the earth, etc.: To swallow up, engulf.

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…

transitive. To swallow up in an abyss, to engulf.

To roll up within itself, to envelop and take in; to overwhelm and swallow up.

(transitive) to swallow as one would a flap-dragon.

To swallow up.

transitive. To swallow up as a gulf or whirlpool; to engulf. literal and figurative.

transitive. To swallow up.

transitive. To swallow up, engulph.

To serve as a tomb for; to receive as in a tomb. literal and figurative.

transitive. To swallow like a gulf, or as in a gulf; to engulf. Also with down, in, up. literal and figurative.

to engulf.