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engulfengulf /ɪnˈgʌlf/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEengulf |
| Present | I, you, we, they | engulf | | he, she, it | engulfs | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | engulfed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have engulfed | | he, she, it | has engulfed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had engulfed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will engulf | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have engulfed |
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| Present | I | am engulfing | | he, she, it | is engulfing | | you, we, they | are engulfing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was engulfing | | you, we, they | were engulfing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been engulfing | | he, she, it | has been engulfing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been engulfing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be engulfing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been engulfing |
► engulfed in flames The boat was immediately engulfed in flames. 1to suddenly affect someone so strongly that he or she feels nothing else: Fear engulfed him as he approached the microphone.2if a war, social change, etc. engulfs a place, it affects it so much that the place changes completely: Civil war has completely engulfed the country.3[usually passive] to completely surround or cover something: a surfer engulfed by a wave The boat was immediately engulfed in flames. |