engulf

[US]/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
[UK]/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. att omsluta eller svälja; att konsumera ivrigt eller glupskt.
Word Forms
Present Participleengulfing
Third Person Singularengulfs
Past Participleengulfed
Past Tenseengulfed
Pluralengulfs

Phrases & Collocations

engulfed in flames

omsluten av lågor

engulfed by water

omsluten av vatten

Example Sentences

the cafe was engulfed in flames.

Caféet var övertäckt av lågor.

Europe might be engulfed by war.

Europa kan dras in i ett krig.

The little boat was engulfed by the waves.

Den lilla båten slukades av vågorna.

The waves engulfed the boat.

Vågorna slukade båten.

a feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him.

En känsla av ångest så stor att den hotade att sluka honom.

A photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house darkness.

En fotograf hade smält samman ljusen och omslöt hela huset i mörker.

The walls of the sinuses are lined with endocytic cells which engulf any foreign particles that might be present in the lymph.

De sinusväggar som är fodrade med endocytiska celler som slukar alla främmande partiklar som kan finnas i lymfan.

All the way, darkness engulfs the daytime, wave sinks the boat, trivialism conquers the ardour.

Hela vägen, mörkret omsluter dagtid, vågen sänker båten, trivialismen erövrar entusiasmen.

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