• v.
    ⦿enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    lexical concept
  • The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:bury
  2. enl:eat up
  3. enl:immerse
  4. enl:swallow
  5. enl:swallow up
wn:interlingual indexili:i29641

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • swallow up
  • buryeat upimmerseswallowswallow up