engulf

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to flow over or cover completely

   The bright light engulfed them completely.

2. 2
   verb

   To overwhelm.

   Depression engulfed her after her daughter's death.

3. 3
   verb

   To surround; to cover; to submerge.

   Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed the world.

4. 4
   verb

   devote (oneself) fully to

5. 5
   verb

   To cast into a gulf.

Etymology

From en- + gulf.