Crossword clues for engulfed
engulfed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Engulf \En*gulf"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engulfed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engulfing.] [Pref. en- + gulf: cf. OF. engolfer. Cf. Ingulf.] To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
It quite engulfs all human thought.
--Young.
Syn: See Absorb.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: engulf)
WordNet
adj. rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work" [syn: flooded, inundated, overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, swamped]
completely enclosed or swallowed up; "a house engulfed in flames"; "the fog-enveloped cliffs"; "a view swallowed by night" [syn: enveloped, swallowed]
Usage examples of "engulfed".
A fear, deeper, more intense than the momentary shock of the episode with Gorlot, engulfed me in choking terror.
As Frill resolutely piloted the ship towards the aperture, Todd had the eerie sensation of being swallowed, engulfed, ingested in one insignificant bite.
He held out a hand to Ghotyakh, who engulfed it completely in his vast paw.
At least, he thought to cheer himself from the depression that now engulfed him, Varian might be able to rescue something positive.
She thrust a hand at the heavyworlder who engulfed it in polite reaction.
It engulfed Blaize and he stopped twitching, lay like one dead in the yielding transformations of the deck.
The tunnels and arcades beneath the crater floor engulfed them, two more anonymous spacers in worn coveralls, carrying the record of their lives in their duffels through the jostling crowds.
She spit in her palm and engulfed Tirla's delicate hand in her own to seal the arrangement.
It engulfed her, a moist, permeating blanket, travelling quickly up her body until it covered her face and she could see nothing.
Only Tarvi and Mar Dook seemed unmoved by the creature’s writhing as it engulfed the food that had been placed in the cube.
Full dark had descended over Fort Weyr now, emphasizing the weariness that engulfed F'lar.
Abruptly he was engulfed in Lytol's rough embrace, his back soundly thumped when the man released him.
She had an awful vision of the girl’s body twisting as Thread engulfed it.
The sense of loss for K’nad, which had engulfed him after Lorana had rushed away, enveloped him like a thick shroud.
Every major structure within the city was soon burning, and hundreds of people lay dead or dying, pitifully rolling about on the ground to extinguish the flames that engulfed their bodies or gasping helplessly in a desperate search for air in the heavy smoke.